Size-dependent phase stability of a molecular nanocrystal: A proxy for investigating the early stages of crystallization

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 11186-11192

  Zahn, Dirk ^b   Anwar, Jamshed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

crystal nucleation; molecular simulations; nanocrystal stability; Ostwald's rule; phase transformations

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; CLUSTER SIZES; COMPLEX TRANSFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; OSTWALD'S RULE; OSTWALD'S RULE OF STAGES; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; POLYMORPHIC PHASIS; RELATIVE STABILITIES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE; TRANSITION STATE;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; METASTABLE PHASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEATION; STABILITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CUSTODY; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PROXY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80052918145     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201100710     Document Type: Article

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