Early Onset of Kinetic Roughening due to a Finite Step Width in Hematin Crystallization

The structure of the interface of a growing crystal with its nutrient phase largely determines the growth dynamics. We demonstrate that hematin crystals, crucial for the survival of malaria parasites, transition from faceted to rough growth interfaces at increasing thermodynamic supersaturation Δμ....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rimer, Jeffrey D., Vekilov, Peter G., Olafson, Katy
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112615