Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Non-classical crystallization in soft and organic materials

JS Du, Y Bae, JJ De Yoreo - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Classical nucleation and crystal growth theories describe how nuclei form, become stable
after reaching a critical size and then enlarge through monomer attachment. More than two …

Biomimetic model systems for investigating the amorphous precursor pathway and its role in biomineralization

LB Gower - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Biologically formed hard tissues, referred to as biominerals, have intrigued the materials
engineering community for years because of the high degree of crystallographic control that …

Amorphous precursors in the nucleation of clathrate hydrates

LC Jacobson, W Hujo, V Molinero - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The nucleation and growth of clathrate hydrates of a hydrophobic guest comparable to
methane or carbon dioxide are studied by molecular dynamics simulations of two-phase …

Crystal nucleation rates from probability distributions of induction times

S Jiang, JH ter Horst - Crystal growth & design, 2011 - ACS Publications
A novel method for the determination of stationary crystal nucleation rates in solutions has
been developed. This method makes use of the stochastic nature of nucleation, which is …

The statistical mechanics of dynamic pathways to self-assembly

S Whitelam, RL Jack - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
This review describes some important physical characteristics of the pathways (ie,
dynamical processes) by which molecular, nanoscale, and micrometer-scale self-assembly …

Protein phase behavior in aqueous solutions: crystallization, liquid-liquid phase separation, gels, and aggregates

AC Dumetz, AM Chockla, EW Kaler, AM Lenhoff - Biophysical journal, 2008 - cell.com
The aggregates and gels commonly observed during protein crystallization have generally
been considered disordered phases without further characterization. Here their physical …

Nucleation pathways of clathrate hydrates: effect of guest size and solubility

LC Jacobson, W Hujo, V Molinero - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Understanding the microscopic mechanism of nucleation of clathrate hydrates is important
for their use in hydrogen storage, CO2 sequestration, storage and transport of natural gas …

Two-step crystallization in a supersaturated solution with application to protein crystal growth: Theory and analytical solutions

DV Alexandrov, EV Makoveeva - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2024 - Elsevier
A theory of two-step nucleation and evolution of crystals with allowance for their diffusion in
the space of particle radii is developed. The theory is based on a two-step growth law of …

Synthesis of zeolites in the absence of organic structure-directing agents: factors governing crystal selection and polymorphism

MD Oleksiak, JD Rimer - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2014 - degruyter.com
Organic structure-directing agents (OSDAs) are commonly avoided in commercial zeolite
synthesis because of the economic and environmental disadvantages associated with the …