Open AccessOn the properties of pre-nucleation (proto-mineral) clusters
Author(s) -
А. М. Асхабов
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
doklady akademii nauk. rossijskaâ akademiâ nauk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0869-5652
DOI - 10.31857/s0869-56524875524-527
Subject(s) - nucleation , crystallization , structuring , chemical physics , supersaturation , mineral , cluster (spacecraft) , chemistry , crystallography , materials science , physics , computer science , thermodynamics , metallurgy , finance , economics , programming language
For the first time, the characteristic properties of proto-mineral (pre-crystallization) clusters-quatarons formed in supersaturated media and considered as special forms of the structural organization of matter in the nanoworld are systematically described. The possible existence of such clusters was reported in 1998, and today the phenomenon of pre-crystallization structuring of matter is recognized as a proven fact, and there is still little information about their unusual properties and behavior, there are no direct observations.