Reversing Ostwald Ripening

The phenomenon of Ostwald Ripening is generally considered a limiting factor in the monodisperse production of nanoparticles. However, by analysing the free energy of a binary AB solution with precipitated A particles we show that there is a region in the parameter space of component concentrations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burlakov, V, Bootharaju, M, Besong, T, Bakr, O, Goriely, A
Format: Journal article
Published: 2014