Oriented nucleation of β-hematin crystals induced at various interfaces: Relevance to hemozoin formation

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 626-632

  De Villiers, Katherine A ^a   Osipova, Maria ^a   Mabotha, Tebogo E ^a   Solomonov, Inna ^c   Feldman, Yishay ^c   Kjaer, Kristian ^b   Weissbuch, Isabelle ^c   Egan, Timothy J ^a   Leiserowitz, Leslie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 61649120171     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg8009755     Document Type: Article

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