Wilhelm Ostwald first reported his studies of nucleation and crystallisation around 125 years ago[1].Amongst other observations,he found that the average crystal size within a saturated solution increases over time.Th...Wilhelm Ostwald first reported his studies of nucleation and crystallisation around 125 years ago[1].Amongst other observations,he found that the average crystal size within a saturated solution increases over time.This so-called‘ripening’occurs because of the Gibbs-Thomson effect,whereby material becomes increasingly soluble when located within an ever smaller crystal.In other words,a solution can be supersaturated in large crystals but undersaturated in small ones.展开更多
基金Stephen D.P.Fielden is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow(DHF∖R1∖241133).
文摘Wilhelm Ostwald first reported his studies of nucleation and crystallisation around 125 years ago[1].Amongst other observations,he found that the average crystal size within a saturated solution increases over time.This so-called‘ripening’occurs because of the Gibbs-Thomson effect,whereby material becomes increasingly soluble when located within an ever smaller crystal.In other words,a solution can be supersaturated in large crystals but undersaturated in small ones.
