250 nm glycine-rich nanodroplets are formed on dissolution of glycine crystals but are too small to provide productive nucleation sites

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 470-478

  Jawor Baczynska, Anna ^a   Sefcik, Jan ^a   Moore, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL MECHANISM; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; CRITICAL MASS; CRYSTAL FORMATION; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; DILUTE SOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GLYCINE SOLUTIONS; INCUBATION PERIODS; MEAN DIAMETER; MODEL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY; NANO-DROPLETS; NANOPARTICLE TRACKING; NANOSPECIES; NUCLEATION SITES; REVERSE PROCESS; SATURATION CONCENTRATION; SECONDARY NUCLEATION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS; TWO-STEP MECHANISMS; TWO-STEP PROCESS;

DISSOLUTION; MICROCRYSTALS; NUCLEATION;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 84873341278     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg300150u     Document Type: Article

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