Fractal growth and morphological transitions during crystallization of amino acids in presence of glucose

Fractals

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-222

  Das, Ishwar ^a   Verma, Smriti ^a   Ansari, Shoeb A ^b   Lall, R S ^b   Agrawal, Namita R ^b  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b St Andrew's College India   (India)

Author keywords

Biocrystallization; Crystal morphology; Growth from solutions; Optical microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

AMINO-ACIDS; BIOCRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; FRACTAL GROWTH; GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; GROWTH FROM SOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

GLUCOSE;

EID: 77952651645     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X10004890     Document Type: Article

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