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SUBMITTER: Dunn TH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10704409 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dunn Thomas H TH Skaanvik Sebastian A SA McPherson Ian J IJ O'Shaughnessy Cedrick C He Xuefeng X Kulak Alexander N AN Micklethwaite Stuart S Matamoros-Veloza Adriana A Sandei Ilaria I Hunter Liam L Turner Thomas D TD Galloway Johanna M JM Rosenthal Martin M Britton Andrew J AJ Walker Marc M Dong Mingdong M Unwin Patrick R PR Meldrum Fiona C FC
Crystal growth & design 20231111 12
The ability to control crystal nucleation through the simple addition of a nucleating agent (nucleant) is desirable for a huge range of applications. However, effective nucleating agents are known for only a small number of systems, and many questions remain about the mechanisms by which they operate. Here, we explore the features that make an effective nucleant and demonstrate that the biological material hair-which naturally possesses a chemically and topographically complex surface structure- ...[more]