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Crystal Nucleation of Small Organic Molecules

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New Perspectives on Mineral Nucleation and Growth

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The crystal nucleation of small organic molecules from solution is reviewed from a theoretical viewpoint of the classical nucleation theory. In experiments heterogeneous nucleation is occurring which, due to the lack of information on the foreign particles onto which nucleation takes place, hampers the molecular interpretation of nucleation rate data. Due to the various nucleation rate measurement methods, analytical techniques, and simulation methods now available, crystal nucleation research will show substantial progress in the coming years.

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  1. EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation (CMAC), Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD, UK

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  1. University Grenoble Alpes CNRS, ISTerre, Grenoble, France

    Alexander E.S. Van Driessche

  2. Material Physics, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany

    Matthias Kellermeier

  3. German Research Center for Geosciences, GFZ, Interface Geochemistry Section, Potsdam, Germany

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  4. Department of Chemistry Physical Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

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Yang, H., ter Horst, J.H. (2017). Crystal Nucleation of Small Organic Molecules. In: Van Driessche, A., Kellermeier, M., Benning, L., Gebauer, D. (eds) New Perspectives on Mineral Nucleation and Growth. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45669-0_16

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