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Fig. 7.13
(continued) biomineral/substrate interface. (
a
) Reprinted with permission from Ref. [
30
]
© 2008 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. (
c
,
d
) Reproduced with permission from Ref. [
84
] ©2003
American Chemical Society
nucleation rate will be substantially enhanced if the nucleation barrier is suppressed
effectively (
f
(
m
)
0). Therefore, heterogeneous nucleation with a strong interac-
tion and optimal structural match between the substrate and the nucleating phase
will be kinetically favored. In this case, the nucleation of crystalline materials will be
best templated by substrates capable of providing the excellent structural correlation
with the crystalline phase. The structural synergy between the nucleating phase and
the substrate will be optimal under this condition [
84
,
87
].
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