Daniele Musumeci and Michael D. Ward study the growth of melamine-cyanuric acid crystals using real time in situ atomic force microscopy. Read more about their research in this CrystEngComm Hot Communication which reveals that hydrophobic interactions between 2D hydrogen-bonded planar sheets play a dominant role in the crystal growth of this material, which has been shown to cause renal failure.
Elucidation of the crystal growth mechanism of melamine-cyanuric acid by using real time in situ atomic force microscopy
Daniele Musumeci and Michael D. Ward
CrystEngComm, 2010, DOI: 10.1039/c0ce00364f
READ NOW! Free to access until the 20th of October.
