Crystallization by particle attachment in synthetic, biogenic, and geologic environments

Science

Volumn 349, Issue 6247, 2015, Pages

  De Yoreo, James J ^a,b   Gilbert, Pupa U P A ^c,d   Sommerdijk, Nico A J M ^e   Penn, R Lee ^f   Whitelam, Stephen ^g   Joester, Derk ^h   Zhang, Hengzhong ⁱ   Rimer, Jeffrey D ^j   Navrotsky, Alexandra ^k   Banfield, Jillian F ⁱ   Wallace, Adam F ^l   Michel, F Marc ^m   Meldrum, Fiona C ⁿ   Cölfen, Helmut ^o   Dove, Patricia M ^m  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f University of Minnesota   (United States)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Northwestern University   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLE; PARTICLE MOTION; REACTION KINETICS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CRYSTALLIZATION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; FORCE; GEL; GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT; KINETICS; LANDSCAPE; LIQUID; MACROMOLECULE; MINERALIZATION; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84940477598     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa6760     Document Type: Review

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