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Solvent fluctuations in the solvation shell determine the activation barrier for crystal growth rates
Anish V. Dighe and View ORCID ProfileMeenesh R. Singh
PNAS November 26, 2019 116 (48) 23954-23959; first published November 11, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910691116
Anish V. Dighe
aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607
Meenesh R. Singh
aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607
Edited by Alexis T. Bell, University of California, Berkeley, CA, and approved October 16, 2019 (received for review June 21, 2019)

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Author contributions: M.R.S. designed research; A.V.D. performed research; A.V.D. and M.R.S. analyzed data; and A.V.D. and M.R.S. wrote the paper.
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Solvent fluctuations in the solvation shell determine the activation barrier for crystal growth rates
Anish V. Dighe, Meenesh R. Singh
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nov 2019, 116 (48) 23954-23959; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1910691116
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