How crystals nucleate and grow in aqueous NaCl solution

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 573-578

  Chakraborty, Debashree ^a   Patey, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

crystal growth; molecular dynamics simulation; NaCl; Ostwald rule; salt nucleation

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS NACL SOLUTIONS; BULK SOLUTIONS; CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION AND GROWTHS; LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NACL; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; ORDERED ARRANGEMENT; OSTWALD RULE; OSTWALD'S RULE OF STAGES; RESIDUAL WATERS; SALT CONCENTRATION; SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 84874144257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz302065w     Document Type: Article

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