Atomic force microscopy, crystal growth

Shape-dependent crystal growth of zeolite L studied by atomic force microscopy... 

J. J. De Yoreo, C. A. Orme, and T. A. Land, Using atomic force microscopy to investigate solution crystal growth, in Advances in Crystal Growth Researches, eds. K Sato,... 

As demonstrated above, surfaces play a crucial role in determining the polymorphic outcome of a crystallization. Hence, the smdy of the structure of surfaces and their interaction with a crystallizing material can provide detailed information on the nature of the process. That information may be used to design experiments and processes for the study of nucleation and the selective control of the growth of a particular crystal modification (Palmore et al. 1998) (Section 3.7). These AFM and STM techniques (and rapidly developing spin-off modifications of them) provide that information (Frommer 1992 Ward 1997). For instance, tapping mode atomic force microscopy... 

Atomic force microscopy Interferometric microscopy Study crystallization processes in situ Examine surface topography Identify nucleation and growth mechanisms Measure crystal growth rates... 

Yip, C.M. Ward, M.D. Atomic force microscopy of insulin single crystals direct visualization of molecules and crystal growth. Biophys. J. 1996, 71 (2), 1071-1078. 

Malkin, A.J. Kuznetsov, Y.G. Glantz, W. McPherson, A. Atomic force microscopy studies of surface morphology and growth kinetics in thaumatin crystallization. J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100 (28), 11,736-11,743. 

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