Strong dc Electric Field Applied to Supersaturated Aqueous Glycine Solution Induces Nucleation of thePolymorph
- 14 April 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 94 (14) , 145503
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.94.145503
Abstract
Applying a strong static electric field to supersaturated aqueous glycine solutions resulted in the nucleation of the polymorph. This is the first report of a strong dc field inducing the nucleation of a neutral solute in a supersaturated solution. We attribute this effect to the electric-field-induced orientation of the highly polar glycine molecules in large preexisting solute clusters, helping them organize into a crystalline structure. This result also lends further support to our proposed optical-Kerr mechanism for nonphotochemical laser-induced nucleation.
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