Beyond fundamental aspects of crystal growth and morphology, the growth of minerals is a
challenging subject because in most cases we face a problem with unknown growth …

The use of inhibition chemicals holds the prospect of an efficient strategy to control
crystallization in porous materials, thereby potentially contributing to the prevention or …

Calcium sulfates such as anhydrite, hemihydrate, and gypsum find widespread use in
building materials, implants, and tissue healing. We introduce a simple and compatible …

One of the major applications to be interested by the processes controlling the nucleation
(and growth) of minerals are the concrete and the gypsum industries. The available …

Synthetic barite crystals, prepared under conditions chosen to mimic those encountered in
off-shore oil fields, have a simple rhombic plate-like morphology in which large (001) faces …

Scaling is a very common and serious problem in industries. The formation of scale is
enabled by the presence of dissolved salts in a supersaturated solution. The precipitation of …

The retarding influence of acidic acrylate and methacrylate polymers made by group transfer
polymerization on the growth of calcium sulfate dihydrate was examined in aqueous …

Die Zeiten, in denen Kristallisation eine Magie war, sind endgültig vorüber. Der Einfluß von
Zusätzen auf das Kristallisationsverhalten ist inzwischen wissenschaftlich gut untersucht …

The growth inhibiting and habit modifying effect of phosphonic acid derivatives (HEDP,
ENTMP) and carboxylates (tartrate, citrate) on gypsum was investigated by in-situ Scanning …

The kink density along a (01) step on the (001) face of a Kossel crystal is derived from a
kinetic steady state approach by considering the elementary events at the step. When the …