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Is Ostwald ripening a problem?

• Osmium 12y ago
  Not specifically. I haven't really heard it mentioned, but I don't actually do growth myself. It's mostly Stranski-Krastanov growth with islands growing until they coalesce. There's not really any significant flow of atoms between islands to my knowledge. What's your interest in it?
  • mcmancini 12y ago
    One of my labmates from grad school did colloidal quantum dot synthesis, and he regularly cursed Ostwald and his infernal ripening. Just general curiosity if it came up in this area, and if so, how it was dealt with. By the way, your series of posts on this topic have been superlative—many thanks.