Crystal growth in confinement

Felix Kohler; Olivier Pierre-Louis; Dag Kristian Dysthe

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34330-5

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Crystal growth in confinement

Felix Kohler,
Olivier Pierre-Louis,
Dag Kristian Dysthe

Affiliations

Felix Kohler: The NJORD Centre, Department of Physics, University of Oslo
Olivier Pierre-Louis: Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS
Dag Kristian Dysthe: The NJORD Centre, Department of Physics, University of Oslo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34330-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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How confinement affects the growth of crystals is poorly understood. Experiments in which NaClO3 and CaCO3 crystals are grown close to a glass substrate now show that new molecular layers can form via the transport of mass through the liquid film at the crystal-substrate interface.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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