Strength of Alkane–Fluid Attraction Determines the Interfacial Orientation of Liquid Alkanes and Their Crystallization through Heterogeneous or Homogeneous Mechanisms

Strength of Alkane–Fluid Attraction Determines the Interfacial Orientation of Liquid Alkanes and Their Crystallization through Heterogeneous or Homogeneous Mechanisms

Alkanes are important building blocks of organics, polymers and biomolecules. The conditions that lead to ordering of alkanes at interfaces, and whether interfacial ordering of the molecules leads to heterogeneous crystal nucleation of alkanes or surface freezing, have not yet been elucidated. Here...

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Main Authors: Yuqing Qiu, Valeria Molinero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:Crystals
Subjects:
surface ordering
chain molecules
homogeneous nucleation
heterogeneous nucleation
surface freezing
complete wetting
assembly
crystallization
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/7/3/86

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