Nonphotochemical Laser-Induced Crystal Nucleation by an

Jul 23, 2015 - Synopsis. Laser-induced nucleation of potassium chloride was achieved using an evanescent wave. Unprecedented localization of the time ...
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Nonphotochemical Laser-Induced Crystal Nucleation by an Evanescent Wave Martin R. Ward, Alasdair Rae, and Andrew J. Alexander* School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3FJ

Downloaded by UNIV OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN on September 14, 2015 | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date (Web): August 5, 2015 | doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00854

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ABSTRACT: Crystal nucleation at a glass−solution interface has been demonstrated by evanescent-wave laser-induced nucleation for the first time. Nucleation was induced in supersaturated aqueous potassium chloride (KCl) solutions. The interaction volume was estimated to be