New Perspectives on Mineral Nucleation and Growth

1. Nucleation Pathways in Electrolyte Solutions
James J. Yoreo, Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk, Patricia M. Dove

2. Novel Paradigms in Nonclassical Nucleation Theory
James F. Lutsko

3. Challenges and Perspectives of the Polymer-Induced Liquid-Precursor Process: The Pathway from Liquid-Condensed Mineral Precursors to Mesocrystalline Products
Stephan E. Wolf, Laurie B. Gower

4. Structural Characteristics and the Occurrence of Polyamorphism in Amorphous Calcium Carbonate
Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Hugo Lopez-Martinez, Dongbo Wang

5. ACC and Vaterite as Intermediates in the Solution-Based Crystallization of CaCO3

Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco, Karina K. Sand, Liane G. Benning

6. Ab Initio Modelling of the Structure and Properties of Crystalline Calcium Carbonate
Raffaella Demichelis, Paolo Raiteri, Julian D. Gale

7. Classical and Nonclassical Theories of Crystal Growth
Jens-Petter Andreassen, Alison Emslie Lewis

8. Mineralization Schemes in the Living World: Mesocrystals
Ashit Rao, Helmut Cölfen

9. Nucleation and Growth from a Biomineralization Perspective
Giuseppe Falini, Simona Fermani

10. Phase Transformations in Calcium Phosphate Crystallization
Henrik Birkedal

11. Control Over Nanocrystalline Apatite Formation: What Can the X-Ray Total Scattering Approach Tell Us
José Manuel Delgado-López, Antonella Guagliardi

12. Calcium Sulfate Precipitation Throughout Its Phase Diagram
Alexander E. S. Driessche, Tomasz M. Stawski, Liane G. Benning, Matthias Kellermeier

13. A Perspective on the Particle-Based Crystal Growth of Ferric Oxides, Oxyhydroxides, and Hydrous Oxides
R. Lee Penn, Dongsheng Li, Jennifer A. Soltis

14. Magnetite Nucleation and Growth
Victoria Reichel, Damien Faivre

15. Silica and Alumina Nanophases: Natural Processes and Industrial Applications
Dominique J. Tobler, Tomasz M. Stawski, Liane G. Benning

16. Crystal Nucleation of Small Organic Molecules
Huaiyu Yang, Joop H. ter Horst

17. Homogeneous Nucleation of Smoke Particles and Its Relationship with Cosmic Dust Particles
Yuki Kimura, Katsuo Tsukamoto

18. Liquid Phase TEM Investigations of Crystal Nucleation, Growth, and Transformation
Michael H. Nielsen, James J. Yoreo

Keywords: Earth Sciences, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Nanochemistry