Enhancing crystal growth using polyelectrolyte solutions and shear flow

Nature, Published online: 04 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2042-1A method of growing crystals that does not require undisturbed solutions involves adding polyelectrolytes to the starter solution and shearing (that is, stirring).

Source: Nature AOP - March 3, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Jian-Ke Sun Yaroslav I. Sobolev Weiyi Zhang Qiang Zhuang Bartosz A. Grzybowski Source Type: research