Latest Articles of Crystal Growth & Design


Thermal, Spectroscopic, and Crystallographic Analysis of Mannose-Derived Linear Polyols 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00263 2018-04-16 The major diastereomer formed in the Barbier-type metal-mediated allylation of d-mannose has previously been shown to adopt a perfectly linear conformation, both in solid state and in solution, resulting in the formation of hydrogen-bonded networks and subseq...
Designed Synthesis and Crystallization of Isomorphic Molecular Gyroscopes with Cell-like Bilayer Self-Assemblies 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01542 2018-04-16 Two molecular rotors featuring pyridine and fluorobenzene rings as polar rotators and 9-octylfluorenyl stators were synthesized. Their crystal structures were established through SXRD techniques, crystallizing in the monoclinic chiral P21 space group. The sup...
Self-Assembly of Fluorinated Boronic Esters and 4,4′-Bipyridine into 2:1 N→B Adducts and Inclusion of Aromatic Guest Molecules in the Solid State: Application for the Separation of o,m,p-Xylene 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01368 2018-04-16 A series of 2:1 fluorinated arylboronic ester adducts with 4,4′-bipyridine sustained by N→B dative bonds have been synthesized. The degree of fluorination in the arylboronic esters derived from catechol is shown to modulate the molecular conformation of the c...
High-Temperature Plateau–Rayleigh Growth of Beaded SiC/SiO2 Nanochain Heterostructures 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00057 2018-04-13 The Plateau–Rayleigh (P-R) crystal growth was recently proposed and dramatically extended the one-dimensional nanomaterials synthesis due to its tunable morphological features. Previously reported P-R growth is mainly focused on the relative low-temperature r...
Evolution of Strain in Heteroepitaxial Cadmium Carbonate Overgrowths on Dolomite 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01716 2018-04-13 The evolution and accommodation of lattice strain in an epitaxial mineral film grown on an isostructural substrate were observed as a function of film thickness. Cadmium carbonate films (approximately CdCO3 (otavite) in composition) were grown on the (104) su...
Polymer Templated Structural Evolution of a Poorly Water-Soluble Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient from Nanoparticles to Hierarchical Crystals 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00233 2018-04-13 The hydrate form of a poorly water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), spironolactone (SP), was produced using antisolvent precipitation in the presence/absence of polymer templates and stirring. Different crystal habits were observed depending on...
Tuning the CO2 and C1/C2 Hydrocarbon Capture and Separation Performance for a Zn-F-Triazolate Framework through Functional Amine Groups 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00389 2018-04-13 Functionalization by amine groups has been recognized as an effective route to promote the gas capture and separation performance of MOF materials; however, it remains elusive to date what is the optimal number of functional amine groups and which specific MO...
Exploring the Surfactant–Thermal Synthesis of Crystalline Functional Thioarsenates 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00495 2018-04-13 Two new crystalline thioarsenate compounds, formulated as [pipH2][Mn2As2S6] (1) and [TMDPH2][As4S6] (2) (pip = piperazine, TMDP = 1,3-bis(4-piperidyl)propane), have been surfactant–thermally synthesized with the utilization of octylamine and PEG-400 as the so...
Thermodynamics and Kinetics Synergetic Phase-Engineering of Chemical Vapor Deposition Grown Single Crystal MoTe2 Nanosheets 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01624 2018-04-13 Molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe2), which is stabilized in both semiconducting hexagonal (2H) and metallic distorted octahedral (1T’) phases, has attracted increasing attention owing to their attractive properties for promising wide applications. Exploring the fu...
Crystallization Kinetics of Nanocrystalline Materials by Combined X-ray Diffraction and Differential Scanning Calorimetry Experiments 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00241 2018-04-13 Crystallization is one key aspect in the resulting properties of nanocrystalline functional materials, and much effort has been devoted to understanding the physical mechanisms involved in these processes as a function of temperature. The main problems associ...

Thermal, Spectroscopic, and Crystallographic Analysis of Mannose-Derived Linear Polyols

10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00263

2018-04-16

The major diastereomer formed in the Barbier-type metal-mediated allylation of d-mannose has previously been shown to adopt a perfectly linear conformation, both in solid state and in solution, resulting in the formation of hydrogen-bonded networks and subseq...

Designed Synthesis and Crystallization of Isomorphic Molecular Gyroscopes with Cell-like Bilayer Self-Assemblies

10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01542

2018-04-16

Two molecular rotors featuring pyridine and fluorobenzene rings as polar rotators and 9-octylfluorenyl stators were synthesized. Their crystal structures were established through SXRD techniques, crystallizing in the monoclinic chiral P21 space group. The sup...

Self-Assembly of Fluorinated Boronic Esters and 4,4′-Bipyridine into 2:1 N→B Adducts and Inclusion of Aromatic Guest Molecules in the Solid State: Application for the Separation of o,m,p-Xylene

10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01368

2018-04-16

A series of 2:1 fluorinated arylboronic ester adducts with 4,4′-bipyridine sustained by N→B dative bonds have been synthesized. The degree of fluorination in the arylboronic esters derived from catechol is shown to modulate the molecular conformation of the c...

High-Temperature Plateau–Rayleigh Growth of Beaded SiC/SiO2 Nanochain Heterostructures

10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00057

2018-04-13

The Plateau–Rayleigh (P-R) crystal growth was recently proposed and dramatically extended the one-dimensional nanomaterials synthesis due to its tunable morphological features. Previously reported P-R growth is mainly focused on the relative low-temperature r...

Evolution of Strain in Heteroepitaxial Cadmium Carbonate Overgrowths on Dolomite

10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01716

2018-04-13

The evolution and accommodation of lattice strain in an epitaxial mineral film grown on an isostructural substrate were observed as a function of film thickness. Cadmium carbonate films (approximately CdCO3 (otavite) in composition) were grown on the (104) su...

Polymer Templated Structural Evolution of a Poorly Water-Soluble Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient from Nanoparticles to Hierarchical Crystals

10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00233

2018-04-13

The hydrate form of a poorly water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), spironolactone (SP), was produced using antisolvent precipitation in the presence/absence of polymer templates and stirring. Different crystal habits were observed depending on...

Tuning the CO2 and C1/C2 Hydrocarbon Capture and Separation Performance for a Zn-F-Triazolate Framework through Functional Amine Groups

10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00389

2018-04-13

Functionalization by amine groups has been recognized as an effective route to promote the gas capture and separation performance of MOF materials; however, it remains elusive to date what is the optimal number of functional amine groups and which specific MO...

Exploring the Surfactant–Thermal Synthesis of Crystalline Functional Thioarsenates

10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00495

2018-04-13

Two new crystalline thioarsenate compounds, formulated as [pipH2][Mn2As2S6] (1) and [TMDPH2][As4S6] (2) (pip = piperazine, TMDP = 1,3-bis(4-piperidyl)propane), have been surfactant–thermally synthesized with the utilization of octylamine and PEG-400 as the so...

Thermodynamics and Kinetics Synergetic Phase-Engineering of Chemical Vapor Deposition Grown Single Crystal MoTe2 Nanosheets

10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01624

2018-04-13

Molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe2), which is stabilized in both semiconducting hexagonal (2H) and metallic distorted octahedral (1T’) phases, has attracted increasing attention owing to their attractive properties for promising wide applications. Exploring the fu...

Crystallization Kinetics of Nanocrystalline Materials by Combined X-ray Diffraction and Differential Scanning Calorimetry Experiments

10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00241

2018-04-13

Crystallization is one key aspect in the resulting properties of nanocrystalline functional materials, and much effort has been devoted to understanding the physical mechanisms involved in these processes as a function of temperature. The main problems associ...