A study of growth mechanism of KDP and ADP crystals by means of quantum chemistry

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 254, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4524-4530

  Asakuma, Yusuke ^a   Li, Qin ^b   Ang, H Ming ^b   Tade, Moses ^b   Maeda, Kouji ^a   Fukui, Keisuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Impurity effect; Quantum chemistry; Step pinning

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTROSTATICS; POSITIVE IONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; IMPURITY EFFECTS; METAL ION ADSORPTION;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 42749088487     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.01.058     Document Type: Article

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