Heterogeneous nucleation and crystal growth on curved surfaces observed by real-space imaging

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 25, Issue 37, 2013, Pages

  Ziese, F ^a   Maret, G ^a   Gasser, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL NUCLEUS SIZE; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION AND GROWTHS; HETEROGENEOUS CRYSTALLIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS CRYSTALS; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCE; POLYDISPERSE PARTICLES;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; NUCLEATION; SURFACES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOPOLOGY;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); COLLOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE;

EID: 84883140555     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/37/375105     Document Type: Article

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