Nucleation of crystals in solution

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1270, Issue , 2010, Pages 60-77

  Vekilov, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

classical nucleation theory; dense liquid; phase diagram; spinodal; two step nucleation mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955595706     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3476239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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