Stable prenucleation mineral clusters are liquid-like ionic polymers
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Demichelis, R., Raiteri, P., Gale, J. D., Quigley, D., & Gebauer, D. (2011). Stable prenucleation mineral clusters are liquid-like ionic polymers. Nature Communications, 2(1).

Authors 5
  1. Raffaella Demichelis (first)
  2. Paolo Raiteri (additional)
  3. Julian D. Gale (additional)
  4. David Quigley (additional)
  5. Denis Gebauer (additional)
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@article{Demichelis_2011, title={Stable prenucleation mineral clusters are liquid-like ionic polymers}, volume={2}, ISSN={2041-1723}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1604}, DOI={10.1038/ncomms1604}, number={1}, journal={Nature Communications}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Demichelis, Raffaella and Raiteri, Paolo and Gale, Julian D. and Quigley, David and Gebauer, Denis}, year={2011}, month=dec }