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SUBMITTER: Wang GC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4035573 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang G C GC Wang Q Q Li S L SL Ai X G XG Fan C G CG
Scientific reports 20140528
The crystallization process from a solution begins with nucleation, which determines the structure and size of the resulting crystals. Further understanding of multi-pathway crystallizations from solution through two-step nucleation mechanisms is needed. This study uses density functional theory to probe the thermodynamic properties of alumina clusters at high temperature and reveals the thermodynamic relationship between these clusters and the saturation levels of dissolved oxygen and aluminum ...[more]