Intensity, wavelength, and polarization dependence of nonphotochemical laser-induced nucleation in supersaturated aqueous urea solutions

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1565-1567

  Matic, Jelena ^a   Sun, Xiaoying ^a   Garetz, Bruce A ^a   Myerson, Allan S ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 22744435422     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg050041c     Document Type: Article

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