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Recent advances in the theory of crystal growth in silica gel medium
Author(s) -
Desai C. C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.2170230212
Subject(s) - nucleation , crystal growth , diffusion , crystal (programming language) , growth theory , materials science , diffusion theory , chemical physics , silica gel , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , chemistry , thermodynamics , crystallography , computer science , physics , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering , economics , neoclassical economics , programming language
Growth of single crystal materials by slow diffusion process in a silica‐gel medium has been used for a long time as the method of simulation of natural processes in the laboratory. Recent advances in the theory of crystal growth have been described. The suitable theory of nucleation has been developed. Attention has been paid mainly to the more general case in which the counter diffusion of two reacting materials occurs. The implications are discussed.