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Nucleation: What Happens at the Initial Stage?
Author(s) -
Zhang Tian Hui,
Liu Xiang Yang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200804743
Subject(s) - supersaturation , nucleation , crystallography , chemical physics , crystal growth , crystal (programming language) , materials science , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , programming language
Crystallizing growth : The initial structure of crystal nuclei is supersaturation‐dependent. At low degrees of supersaturation, liquid‐like nuclei are formed initially, which undergo a continuous structure transition from liquid‐like to crystal‐like as the size N increases. This gradual structure evolution substantially lowers the nucleation barrier Δ G * and facilitates the nucleation relative to the formation of crystal‐like clusters from the beginning.