Nanotechnologies dedicated to nucleation control

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3-7, 2012, Pages 439-459

  Candoni, Nadine ^a   Hammadi, Zoubida ^a   Grossier, Romain ^a   Ildefonso, Manuel ^a   Revalor, Eve ^a   Ferté, Nathalie ^a   Okutsu, Tetsuo ^b   Morin, Roger ^a   Veesler, Stéphane ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confinement; Crystallisation from solution; External field; Metastable zone; Microfluidic; Nucleation; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EXTERNAL FIELDS; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; METASTABLE ZONE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NUCLEATION CONTROL; NUCLEATION PARAMETERS; NUCLEATION RATE; STATISTICAL STUDY;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 84857158449     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2012.045347     Document Type: Article

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