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A method for generating a metastable crystal in a microdroplet.
- Source :
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CrystEngComm . 2013, Vol. 15 Issue 46, p9874-9877. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- This paper explores the selective crystallization of a metastable phase and the possible role played by the internal fluid dynamics characteristic of microdroplets. The density-driven convection is suppressed inside the microdroplets due to its high surface tension. It is suggested that as a consequence, this lowered the solute concentration at the area near the growing crystal. This phenomenon is thought to suppress the second crystallization near the first grown crystal and the transition from a thermodynamically metastable phase to a stable phase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CRYSTALLIZATION
*MICRODROPLETS
*METASTABLE states
*CRYSTAL growth
*FLUID dynamics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14668033
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 46
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- CrystEngComm
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100892456
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ce40940f