creator Myerson, Allan S. A method for the non-photochemical laser induced nucleation in which short high-intensity laser pulses are used to induce nucleation in supersaturated solutions including protein solutions. The laser induces nucleation only in the area where the beam is focused or passes through, resulting in fewer nuclei than would be achieved by spontaneous nucleation. In addition, the laser reduces nucleation time significantly. Submitted by Aric Ahrens (ahrens@iit.edu) on 2012-01-12T19:32:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 6596077.pdf: 79342 bytes, checksum: 4e2efac60bfed5226d1257f6e54dd770 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-01-12T19:32:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6596077.pdf: 79342 bytes, checksum: 4e2efac60bfed5226d1257f6e54dd770 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-07-22 Illinois Institute of Technology 2009-05-14 2003-07-22 6,596,077 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2443 en United States Patent Patent reformatted digital application/pdf No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ Open Access