Onset of heterogeneous crystal nucleation in colloidal suspensions

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6981, 2004, Pages 404-406

  Cacciuto, A ^a   Auer, S ^a,b   Frenkei, Daan ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; FREE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; SOLUTIONS; SUPERSATURATION;

CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CRYSTALLITES;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CRYSTALLIZATION;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY; GRAVITY; MICROCRYSTALLINE SUSPENSION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 1842577741     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02397     Document Type: Article

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