Nucleation

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5007-5019

  Vekilov, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALS; CRYSTAL EMBRYOS; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; CRYSTALLINE NUCLEI; CRYSTALLINE POLYMORPHS; HETEROGENEOUS SUBSTRATES; NUCLEATION BARRIER; NUCLEATION PROCESS; NUCLEATION RATE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PROTEIN CRYSTAL; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLUTION THERMODYNAMICS; SPINODALS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TWO-STEP MECHANISMS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIQUIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROCESS CONTROL;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 78649974915     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg1011633     Document Type: Article

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