Aspartic acid as a crystal growth catalyst

Ion desolvation is an important kinetic step in the growth of divalent ionic crystals - a category that encompasses numerous materials relevant to biomineralization. It has recently been shown for one such divalent ionic crystal that the rate-limiting desolvation of the cation can be assisted by the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Piana, Stefano, Jones, Franca, Gale, Julian
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8542