Combinatorial compatibility as habit-controlling factor in lysozyme crystallization.
II. Morphological evidence for tetrameric growth units.
Strom, C. S.; Bennema, P.
 J. Cryst. Growth, 173(1/2), 159-166 (English) 1997 Elsevier

This work (Part II) explores the relation between growth units and morphol. It shows the equivalence in behavior between the attachment energies and the results of Monte Carlo growth kinetics simulations. The energetically optimal combination of the F slices in {110}, {011} and {111} in a monomol. interpretation leads to unsatisfactory agreement with exptl. obsd. morphol. In a tetrameric (or octameric) interpretation, the unit cell must be subdivided self-consistently in terms of stable mol. clusters. Thus, the presence or absence of the {111} form functions as a direct exptl. criterion for distinguishing between monomol. growth layers, and tetrameric (or octameric) growth layers of the same compn., but subjected to the condition of combinatorial compatibility, as the F slices combine to produce the growth habit. When that condition is taken into account, the tetrameric (or octameric) theor. morphol. in the broken bond model is in good agreement with expt. over a wide range. Subjectmatter for future study is summarized.