Solid surfaces crystal growth modification

The book is directed to advanced students and scientists working in the fields of electrochemistry, phase formation and crystal growth, surface chemistry and physics, ultrathin film formation, and structuring and modification of solid state surfaces. 

Heterogeneous nucleation mechanisms can significantly affect the dissolution of metastable solid phases, because this form of nucleation can occur at low driving forces. While the choice of a metastable solid phase with solubility higher than other crystalline modifications is motivated by the expectation of faster dissolution rates, achievement of faster dissolution rates and higher concentrations in solutions is jeopardized by surface-mediated nucleation. We have reported that the surface of the metastable phase of theophylline promoted the nucleation of the stable monohydrate crystals. The observed oriented growth of monohydrate crystals on the anhydrous surface is consistent with a close lattice match between the b and c... 

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