Many crystallization processes of great importance, including frost heave, biomineralization,
the synthesis of nanomaterials, and scale formation, occur in small volumes rather than bulk …

How do you get into flow? We trained in flow chemistry during postdoctoral research and are
now applying it in new areas: materials chemistry, crystallization, and supramolecular …

Nucleation and growth are two important and entwined processes in materials synthesis and
engineering. While understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of the processes remain …

The use of microfluidics on synchrotron X-ray beamlines represents an advanced sample
preparation and delivery platform for state-of-the-art X-ray characterization of micro-samples …

Energetic metal and metalloid nano-powders are highly promising as high-energy fuel or
energetic additive of propellants. Specifically, boron has extremely high gravimetric and …

An efficient approach for high-quality X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements is
proposed and exemplified by monitoring the nucleation of palladium nanoparticles from Pd …

In situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a powerful technique for characterizing block-
copolymer nano-object formation during polymerization-induced self-assembly. To work …

Artificial intelligence promotes the development of mineral/rock automatic recognition
technology to reduce labor costs and reliance on personal experience. With instrument …

The widespread loss of stony reef-building coral populations has been compounded by the
low settlement and survival of coral juveniles. To rebuild coral communities, restoration …

Droplet-based microfluidic systems are ideally suited for the investigation of nucleation and
crystallization processes. To best leverage the features of such platforms (including …