In situ observation of colloidal monolayer nucleation driven by an alternating electric field

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6993, 2004, Pages 739-743

  Zhang, Ke Qin ^a   Liu, Xiang Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REACTION KINETICS;

COLLOIDAL MONOLAYERS; DYNAMIC PROCESSES;

MONOLAYERS;

COLLOID;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY; KINETICS; LIQUID; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 3042596605     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02630     Document Type: Article

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