Seeding approach to crystal nucleation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Espinosa, Jorge R ^a   Vega, Carlos ^a   Valeriani, Chantal ^a   Sanz, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FREE ENERGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; DIRECT CALCULATION; HOMOGENEOUS CRYSTALS; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; METASTABLE FLUIDS; SEEDING TECHNIQUES; SPHERICAL CRYSTAL;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 84957003314     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4939641     Document Type: Article

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