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Neha, Karmakar T. Study of the solvent-dependent crystal shape of theophylline using constant chemical potential molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:24335-24341. [PMID: 39257349 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp02919d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2024]
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The crystal habit of an organic crystalline material impacts its properties, processing, and performance, especially in pharmaceuticals. In solution crystallization, solvents play a crucial role in modulating the crystal habits by interacting with the different growing facets - either enhancing or inhibiting the growth of specific facets. Thus, an in-depth understanding of the role of the solvent in crystal shape selection is of paramount importance for the design and growth of crystals. In this work, we used constant chemical potential molecular dynamics (CμMD) to simulate the growth of theophylline crystals in solvents with decreasing polarity, i.e. water, isopropyl alcohol, and dimethylformamide. Our results indicate that as the polarity of the solvent increases, theophylline crystallizes into rod-shaped crystals; the aspect ratio is modulated by the relative growth of the (001) and (010) facets. Furthermore, solvent profile analyses revealed that the desolvation of the crystal facets plays a major role in the growth process.
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- Neha
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Schiele SA, Haider T, Briesen H. Growth of broken crystals tracked in 4D using X-ray computed tomography and its influence on impurity incorporation. Sci Rep 2024; 14:21999. [PMID: 39322650 PMCID: PMC11424629 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73127-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/27/2024] Open
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Crystallization is a commonly used unit operation for separation and purification. During processing, crystals may break due to mechanical stress, e.g., intentionally by milling or unintentionally through collision with stirrers. This study investigates the growth of broken crystals in three dimensions using X-ray micro-computed tomography. The results show that damaged regions of crystals grow faster than faceted regions, and crystals become faceted through growth. Initially, this happens on a microscale, producing faceted but concave regions on the crystal surface. Eventually, crystals become convex. Shape-healing through growth incorporates inclusions in the crystals. These findings have important implications for designing and optimizing crystallization processes in the pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries, as purity is often a critical quality criterion adversely affected by inclusions. In addition, the kinetics in crystallization processes are likely to be strongly affected by the growth of non-faceted and concave crystals.
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- S A Schiele
- Chair of Process Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany.
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- Chair of Process Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Chair of Process Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany
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Harito C, Khalil M, Nurdiwijayanto L, Septiani NLW, Abrori SA, Putra BR, Zaidi SZJ, Taniguchi T, Yuliarto B, Walsh FC. Facet-controlled growth and soft-chemical exfoliation of two-dimensional titanium dioxide nanosheets. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2024; 6:4325-4345. [PMID: 39170976 PMCID: PMC11334985 DOI: 10.1039/d4na00442f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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TiO2 remains one of the most popular materials used in catalysts, photovoltaics, coatings, and electronics due to its abundance, chemical stability, and excellent catalytic properties. The tailoring of the TiO2 structure into two-dimensional nanosheets prompted the successful isolation of graphene and MXenes. In this review, facet-controlled TiO2 and monolayer titanate are outlined, covering their synthesis route and formation mechanism. The reactive facet of TiO2 is usually controlled by a capping agent. In contrast, the monolayer titanate is achieved by ion-exchange and delamination of layered titanates. Each route leads to 2D structures with unique physical and chemical properties, which expands its utilisation into several niche applications. We elaborate the detailed outlook for the future use and research studies of facet-controlled TiO2 and monolayer titanates. Advantages and disadvantages of both structures are provided, along with suggested applications for each type of 2D TiO2 nanosheets.
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- Christian Harito
- Industrial Engineering Department, BINUS Graduate Program - Master of Industrial Engineering, Bina Nusantara University Jakarta Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia Kampus Baru UI Depok Jawa Barat Indonesia
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Materials, National Research and Innovation Agency Komplek PUSPIPTEK, Serpong South Tangerang 15314 Banten Indonesia
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- Automotive & Robotics Program, Computer Engineering Department, BINUS ASO School of Engineering, Bina Nusantara University Jakarta 11480 Indonesia
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- Research Center for Metallurgy, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) PUSPIPTEK Area, Building No. 470, Setu Regency South Tangerang Banten 15314 Indonesia
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) Bandung 40132 Indonesia
- Research Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (RCNN), Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) Bandung 40132 Indonesia
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- Electrochemical Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton Southampton UK
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Mallette AJ, Shilpa K, Rimer JD. The Current Understanding of Mechanistic Pathways in Zeolite Crystallization. Chem Rev 2024; 124:3416-3493. [PMID: 38484327 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Zeolite catalysts and adsorbents have been an integral part of many commercial processes and are projected to play a significant role in emerging technologies to address the changing energy and environmental landscapes. The ability to rationally design zeolites with tailored properties relies on a fundamental understanding of crystallization pathways to strategically manipulate processes of nucleation and growth. The complexity of zeolite growth media engenders a diversity of crystallization mechanisms that can manifest at different synthesis stages. In this review, we discuss the current understanding of classical and nonclassical pathways associated with the formation of (alumino)silicate zeolites. We begin with a brief overview of zeolite history and seminal advancements, followed by a comprehensive discussion of different classes of zeolite precursors with respect to their methods of assembly and physicochemical properties. The following two sections provide detailed discussions of nucleation and growth pathways wherein we emphasize general trends and highlight specific observations for select zeolite framework types. We then close with conclusions and future outlook to summarize key hypotheses, current knowledge gaps, and potential opportunities to guide zeolite synthesis toward a more exact science.
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- Adam J Mallette
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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Symons J, Hall C, McCabe JF, Hall SR. Morphological Control of Crystalline Savolitinib via the Volatile Deep Eutectic Solvent Technique. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2024; 24:2567-2572. [PMID: 38525101 PMCID: PMC10958444 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.4c00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Savolitinib is a compound that can crystallize in an undesirable, high aspect ratio needle morphology. This morphology type may cause issues in downstream processing. This paper demonstrates a unique method to alter the crystal morphology of savolitinib to make it more processable, resulting in the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) crystallizing out in considerably more processable stellates. The volatile deep eutectic solvent technique presents a simple and scalable method for changing the crystal morphology while maintaining the polymorph of the API in this case, confirmed via powder X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry analysis.
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- Jasmine.
E. Symons
- Complex
Functional Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.
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- Complex
Functional Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom; Centre for Doctoral Training in
Condensed Matter Physics, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol BS8 1TL, U.K.
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- Early
Product Development and Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, U.K.
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- Complex
Functional Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.
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Han K, Zhang Z, Tezcan FA. Spatially Patterned, Porous Protein Crystals as Multifunctional Materials. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:19932-19944. [PMID: 37642457 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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While the primary use of protein crystals has historically been in crystallographic structure determination, they have recently emerged as promising materials with many advantageous properties such as high porosity, biocompatibility, stability, structural and functional versatility, and genetic/chemical tailorability. Here, we report that the utility of protein crystals as functional materials can be further augmented through their spatial patterning and control of their morphologies. To this end, we took advantage of the chemically and kinetically controllable nature of ferritin self-assembly and constructed core-shell crystals with chemically distinct domains, tunable structural patterns, and morphologies. The spatial organization within ferritin crystals enabled the generation of patterned, multi-enzyme frameworks with cooperative catalytic behavior. We further exploited the differential growth kinetics of ferritin crystal facets to assemble Janus-type architectures with an anisotropic arrangement of chemically distinct domains. These examples represent a step toward using protein crystals as reaction vessels for complex multi-step reactions and broadening their utility as functional, solid-state materials. Our results demonstrate that morphology control and spatial patterning, which are key concepts in materials science and nanotechnology, can also be applied for engineering protein crystals.
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- Kenneth Han
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Sun Z, Chen W, Zhang B, Gao L, Tao K, Li Q, Sun JL, Yan Q. Polarization conversion in bottom-up grown quasi-1D fibrous red phosphorus flakes. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4398. [PMID: 37474534 PMCID: PMC10359251 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40122-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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Fibrous red phosphorus (RP) has triggered growing attention as an emerging quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) van der Waals crystal recently. Unfortunately, it is difficult to achieve substrate growth of high-quality fibrous RP flakes due to their inherent quasi-1D structure, which impedes their fundamental property exploration and device integration. Herein, we demonstrate a bottom-up approach for the growth of fibrous RP flakes with (001)-preferred orientation via a chemical vapor transport (CVT) reaction in the P/Sn/I2 system. The formation of fibrous RP flakes can be attributed to the synergistic effect of Sn-mediated P4 partial pressure and the SnI2 capping layer-directed growth. Moreover, we investigate the optical anisotropy of the as-grown flakes, demonstrating their potential application as micro phase retarders in polarization conversion. Our developed bottom-up approach lays the foundation for studying the anisotropy and device integration of fibrous red phosphorus, opening up possibilities for the two-dimensional growth of quasi-1D van der Waals materials.
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- Zhaojian Sun
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China.
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Zhang Y, Ma B, Jia X, Hou C. Prediction of Ethanol-Mediated Growth Morphology of Ammonium Dinitramide/Pyrazine-1,4-Dioxide Cocrystal at Different Temperatures. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28114534. [PMID: 37299009 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28114534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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The crystal morphology of high energetic materials plays a crucial role in aspects of their safety performance such as impact sensitivity. In order to reveal the crystal morphology of ammonium dinitramide/pyrazine-1,4-dioxide (ADN/PDO) cocrystal at different temperatures, the modified attachment energy model (MAE) was used at 298, 303, 308, and 313 K to predict the morphology of the ADN/PDO cocrystal under vacuum and ethanol. The results showed that under vacuum conditions, five growth planes of the ADN/PDO cocrystal were given, which were (1 0 0), (0 1 1), (1 1 0), (1 1 -1), and (2 0 -2). Among them, the ratios of the (1 0 0) and (0 1 1) planes were 40.744% and 26.208%, respectively. In the (0 1 1) crystal plane, the value of S was 1.513. The (0 1 1) crystal plane was more conducive to the adsorption of ethanol molecules. The order of binding energy between the ADN/PDO cocrystal and ethanol solvent was (0 1 1) > (1 1 -1) > (2 0 -2) > (1 1 0) > (1 0 0). The radial distribution function analysis revealed that there were hydrogen bonds between the ethanol and the ADN cations, van der Waals interactions with the ADN anions. As the temperature increased, the aspect ratio of the ADN/PDO cocrystal was reduced, making the crystal more spherical, which helped to further reduce the sensitivity of this explosive.
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- Yuanping Zhang
- School of Coal Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037003, China
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- School of Coal Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037003, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Safety, Binzhou University, Binzhou 256603, China
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- School of Environment and Safety Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
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Bellucci MA, Marx A, Wang B, Fang L, Zhou Y, Greenwell C, Li Z, Becker A, Sun G, Brandenburg JG, Sekharan S. Effect of Polymer Additives on the Crystal Habit of Metformin HCl. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2201692. [PMID: 36965154 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The crystal habit can have a profound influence on the physical properties of crystalline materials, and thus controlling the crystal morphology is of great practical relevance across many industries. Herein, this work investigates the effect of polymer additives on the crystal habit of metformin HCl with both experiments and computational methods with the aim of developing a combined screening approach for crystal morphology engineering. Crystallization experiments of metformin HCl are conducted in methanol and in an isopropanol-water mixture (8:2 V/V). Polyethylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, Tween80, and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose polymer additives are used in low concentrations (1-2% w/w) in the experiments to study the effect they have on modifying the crystal habit. Additionally, this work has developed computational methods to characterize the morphology "landscape" and quantifies the overall effect of solvent and additives on the predicted crystal habits. Further analysis of the molecular dynamics simulations is used to rationalize the effect of additives on specific crystal faces. This work demonstrates that the effects of additives on the crystal habit are a result of their absorption and interactions with the slow growing {100} and {020} faces.
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- Merck KGaA, Frankfurter Straße 250, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Shenzhen Jingtai Technology Co., Ltd. , International Biomedical Innovation Park II 3F, No. 2 Hongliu Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, 518100, China
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- Shenzhen Jingtai Technology Co., Ltd. , International Biomedical Innovation Park II 3F, No. 2 Hongliu Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, 518100, China
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- Shenzhen Jingtai Technology Co., Ltd. , International Biomedical Innovation Park II 3F, No. 2 Hongliu Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, 518100, China
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- Shenzhen Jingtai Technology Co., Ltd. , International Biomedical Innovation Park II 3F, No. 2 Hongliu Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, 518100, China
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- Merck KGaA, Frankfurter Straße 250, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Shenzhen Jingtai Technology Co., Ltd. , International Biomedical Innovation Park II 3F, No. 2 Hongliu Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, 518100, China
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Zhou Z, Zhang L, Yang Y, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Wang H, Tan F, Gong L, Li Y, Chen P, Dong X, Liang Z, Yang J, Wang C, Hong Y, Qiu Y, Gölzhäuser A, Chen X, Qi H, Yang S, Liu W, Sun J, Zheng Z. Growth of single-crystal imine-linked covalent organic frameworks using amphiphilic amino-acid derivatives in water. Nat Chem 2023:10.1038/s41557-023-01181-6. [PMID: 37037913 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01181-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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A core feature of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) is crystallinity, but current crystallization processes rely substantially on trial and error, chemical intuition and large-scale screening, which typically require harsh conditions and low levels of supersaturation, hampering the controlled synthesis of single-crystal COFs, particularly on large scales. Here we report a strategy to produce single-crystal imine-linked COFs in aqueous solutions under ambient conditions using amphiphilic amino-acid derivatives with long hydrophobic chains. We propose that these amphiphilic molecules self-assemble into micelles that serve as dynamic barriers to separate monomers in aqueous solution (nodes) and hydrophobic compartments of the micelles (linkers), thereby regulating the polymerization and crystallization processes. Disordered polyimines were obtained in the micelle, which were then converted into crystals in a step-by-step fashion. Five different three-dimensional COFs and a two-dimensional COF were obtained as single crystals on the gram scale, with yields of 92% and above.
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- Zhipeng Zhou
- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Instrumental Analysis Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry and Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Jieyang, Guangdong, China
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- Central Facility of Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry and Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Jieyang, Guangdong, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Jieyang, Guangdong, China.
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Alavia W, Seidel-Morgenstern A, Hermsdorf D, Lorenz H, Graber T. Real-Time Crystal Growth Monitoring of Boric Acid from Sodium or Lithium Sulfate Containing Aqueous Solutions by Atomic Force Microscopy. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:10822-10835. [PMID: 37008081 PMCID: PMC10061539 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The crystal growth of boric acid from an aqueous solution in the absence and presence of sodium and lithium sulfate was studied by real-time monitoring. For this purpose, atomic force microscopy in situ has been used. The results show that the growth mechanism of boric acid from its pure and impure solutions is spiral growth driven by screw dislocation and that the velocity of advancement of steps on the crystal surface, and the relative growth rate (ratio of the growth rate in presence and absence of a salt) is reduced in the presence of salts. The reduction of the relative growth rate could be explained by the inhibition of advancement of steps of the (001) face mainly in the growth direction [100] caused by the adsorption of salts on the actives sites and the inhibition of the formation of sources of steps such as dislocations. The adsorption of the salts on the crystal surface is anisotropic and independent of the supersaturation and preferentially on the active sites of the (100) edge. Moreover, this information is of significance for the improvement of the quality of boric acid recovered from brines and minerals and the synthesis of nanostructures and microstructures of boron-based materials.
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- Wilson Alavia
- Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Alberto
Hurtado, Almirante Barroso
10, 8340575 Santiago, Chile
- Max
Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg, Sandtorstraße 1, D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg, Sandtorstraße 1, D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute
for Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke
University Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg, Sandtorstraße 1, D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg, Sandtorstraße 1, D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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A. Graber
- Departamento
de Ingeniería Química y Procesos de Minerales, Universidad de Antofagasta, 1270300 Antofagasta, Chile
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Niebur A, Söll A, Haizmann P, Strolka O, Rudolph D, Tran K, Renz F, Frauendorf AP, Hübner J, Peisert H, Scheele M, Lauth J. Untangling the intertwined: metallic to semiconducting phase transition of colloidal MoS 2 nanoplatelets and nanosheets. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:5679-5688. [PMID: 36861175 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr00096f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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2D semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are highly promising materials for future spin- and valleytronic applications and exhibit an ultrafast response to external (optical) stimuli which is essential for optoelectronics. Colloidal nanochemistry on the other hand is an emerging alternative for the synthesis of 2D TMDC nanosheet (NS) ensembles, allowing for the control of the reaction via tunable precursor and ligand chemistry. Up to now, wet-chemical colloidal syntheses yielded intertwined/agglomerated NSs with a large lateral size. Here, we show a synthesis method for 2D mono- and bilayer MoS2 nanoplatelets with a particularly small lateral size (NPLs, 7.4 nm ± 2.2 nm) and MoS2 NSs (22 nm ± 9 nm) as a reference by adjusting the molybdenum precursor concentration in the reaction. We find that in colloidal 2D MoS2 syntheses initially a mixture of the stable semiconducting and the metastable metallic crystal phase is formed. 2D MoS2 NPLs and NSs then both undergo a full transformation to the semiconducting crystal phase by the end of the reaction, which we quantify by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Phase pure semiconducting MoS2 NPLs with a lateral size approaching the MoS2 exciton Bohr radius exhibit strong additional lateral confinement, leading to a drastically shortened decay of the A and B exciton which is characterized by ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. Our findings represent an important step for utilizing colloidal TMDCs, for example small MoS2 NPLs represent an excellent starting point for the growth of heterostructures for future colloidal photonics.
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- André Niebur
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines), Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines), Hannover, Germany
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines), Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstr. 9, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE), Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstr. 9, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE), Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Appelstr. 2, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE), Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Institute of Solid State Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Appelstr. 2, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines), Hannover, Germany
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE), Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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Li B, Shen T, Yun S. Recent progress of crystal orientation engineering in halide perovskite photovoltaics. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:13-40. [PMID: 36415914 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh00980c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Manipulating the crystallographic orientation of semiconductor crystals plays a vital role in fine-tuning their facet-dependent properties, such as surface properties, charge transfer properties, trap state density, and lattice strain. The success in crystal orientation engineering enables the preferential growth orientation of perovskite thin films with favorable crystal planes by precise nucleation manipulation and growth condition optimization, rendering the films with the unique optoelectronic properties to further improve the efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the origin and impact of preferential crystallographic orientation of perovskite thin films on the corresponding photovoltaic performance of PSCs are still far from being well understood. Herein, we explore the crystal orientation-dependent optoelectronic properties of halide perovskites and their influence on the photovoltaic performance of PSCs. We summarize the basic strategies for crystal facet engineering in the fabrication of preferentially oriented perovskite thin films, with a focus on the oriented growth mechanism during thin film formation. Based on the above knowledge and the recent research progress in terms of crystal orientation engineering in PSCs, a brief outlook on the remaining challenges and perspectives are provided.
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- Bo Li
- School of Materials and Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710055, China.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- School of Materials and Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710055, China.
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Pu S, Hadinoto K. Salting-Out crystallization of glycopeptide Vancomycin: Phase behavior study to control the crystal habit. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.118057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tanaka Y, Zhang T, Uwaha M, Murakami S. Anomalous Crystal Shapes of Topological Crystalline Insulators. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:046802. [PMID: 35939026 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.046802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Understanding crystal shapes is a fundamental subject in surface science. It is now well studied how chemical bondings determine crystal shapes via dependence of surface energies on surface orientations. Meanwhile, discoveries of topological materials have led us to a new paradigm in surface science, and one can expect that topological surface states may affect surface energies and crystal facets in an unconventional way. Here, we show that the surface energy of glide-symmetric topological crystalline insulators (TCI) depends on the surface orientation in a singular way via the parity of the Miller index. This singular surface energy of the TCI affects equilibrium crystal shapes, resulting in emergence of unique crystal facets of the TCI. This singular dependence of the topological surface states is unique to the TCI protected by the glide symmetry in contrast to a TCI protected by a mirror symmetry. In addition, we show that such singular surface states of the TCI protected by the glide symmetries can be realized in KHgSb with first-principles calculations. Our results provide a basis for designs and manipulations of crystal facets by using symmetry and topology.
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- Yutaro Tanaka
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- TIES, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Science Division, Center for General Education, Aichi Institute of Technology, 1247 Yachigusa, Yakusa-cho, Toyota, Aichi 470-0392, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- TIES, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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Meng XH, Lin T, Mao H, Shi JL, Sheng H, Zou YG, Fan M, Jiang K, Xiao RJ, Xiao D, Gu L, Wan LJ, Guo YG. Kinetic Origin of Planar Gliding in Single-Crystalline Ni-Rich Cathodes. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:11338-11347. [PMID: 35700279 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Single-crystalline Ni-rich cathodes with high capacity have drawn much attention for mitigating cycling and safety crisis of their polycrystalline analogues. However, planar gliding and intragranular cracking tend to occur in single crystals with cycling, which undermine cathode integrity and therefore cause capacity degradation. Herein, we intensively investigate the origin and evolution of the gliding phenomenon in single-crystalline Ni-rich cathodes. Discrete or continuous gliding forms are revealed with new surface exposure including the gliding plane (003) and reconstructed (-108) under surface energy drive. It is also demonstrated that the gliding process is the in-plane migration of transition metal ions, and reducing oxygen vacancies will increase the migration energy barrier by which gliding and microcracking can be restrained. The designed cathode with less oxygen deficiency exhibits outstanding cycling performance with an 80.8% capacity retention after 1000 cycles in pouch cells. Our findings provide an insight into the relationship between defect control and chemomechanical properties of single-crystalline Ni-rich cathodes.
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- Xin-Hai Meng
- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Dongguan TAFEL New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Dongguan 523000, P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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Marinova V, Wood GPF, Marziano I, Salvalaglio M. Investigating the Role of Solvent in the Formation of Vacancies on Ibuprofen Crystal Facets. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2022; 22:3034-3041. [PMID: 35529061 PMCID: PMC9073942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Surface defects play a crucial role in the process of crystal growth, as incorporation of growth units generally takes place on undercoordinated sites on the growing crystal facet. In this work, we use molecular simulations to obtain information on the role of the solvent in the roughening of three morphologically relevant crystal faces of form I of racemic ibuprofen. To this aim, we devise a computational strategy to evaluate the energetic cost associated with the formation of a surface vacancy for a set of ten solvents, covering a range of polarities and hydrogen bonding propensities. We find that the mechanism as well as the work of defect formation are markedly solvent and facet dependent. Based on Mean Force Integration and Well Tempered Metadynamics, the methodology developed in this work has been designed with the aim of capturing solvent effects at the atomistic scale while maintaining the computational efficiency necessary for implementation in high-throughput in-silico screenings of crystallization solvents.
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- Veselina Marinova
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, The
University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- Pfizer
Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer
Worldwide Research and Development, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ, United Kingdom
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- Thomas
Young Centre and Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, United Kingdom
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Asadov SM. Thermodynamics and Crystallization Kinetics of Solid Solutions GaSxSe1 – x (0 ≤ х ≤ 1). RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024422020029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ji X, Wang J, Wang T, Huang X, Li X, Wang N, Huang Y, Li R, Zhao B, Zhang T, Hao H. Understanding the Role of Solvent on Regulating Crystal Habit. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce01486b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Crystal habit is one of the most important properties for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), which can significantly affect their downstream processing. In this study, to better understand the role of...
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Insight into the morphology and crystal growth of DL-methionine in aqueous solution with presence of cellulose polymers. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Verma L, Warzecha M, Chakrabarti R, Hadjiev VG, Palmer JC, Vekilov PG. How to Identify the Crystal Growth Unit. Isr J Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202100081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Lakshmanji Verma
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Rd. Houston, TX 77204-4004 USA
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- EPSRC CMAC Future Manufacturing Research Hub c/o Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Technology and Innovation Centre 99 George Street Glasgow G1 1RD U.K
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Rd. Houston, TX 77204-4004 USA
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- Texas Center for Superconductivity University of Houston 3369 Cullen Blvd., Suite 202 Houston Texas 77004-50024 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Rd. Houston, TX 77204-4004 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Rd. Houston, TX 77204-4004 USA
- Department of Chemistry University of Houston 3585 Cullen Blvd. Houston, TX 77204-5003 USA
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Sun M, Cheng Z, Chen W, Jones M. Understanding Symmetry Breaking at the Single-Particle Level via the Growth of Tetrahedron-Shaped Nanocrystals from Higher-Symmetry Precursors. ACS NANO 2021; 15:15953-15961. [PMID: 34554725 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The vast majority of single crystalline metal nanoparticles adopt shapes in the Oh point group as a consequence of the symmetry of the underlying face-centered cubic (FCC) crystal lattice. Tetrahedra are a notable exception to this rule, and although they have been observed in several syntheses, their growth mechanism, and the symmetry-reduction process that necessarily characterizes it, is poorly understood. Here, a symmetry breaking mechanism is revealed by in situ liquid flow cell transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation of seeded growth in which tetrahedra nanoparticles are formed from higher symmetry seeds. Real-time observation of the growth demonstrates a kinetically driven pathway during which rhombic dodecahedra nanoparticles transition to tetrahedra through tristetrahedra intermediates, with an accompanying surface facet evolution from {110} to {111} via {hhl} (where h > l), respectively. On the basis of these data, we propose a mechanism that relies on a rapid loss of inversion symmetry in the initial stages of the reaction, followed by differential reactivity of tips vs faces under conditions of relatively high supersaturation and moderate ligand concentration. The application of these insights to ex situ synthesis conditions allowed for an improved yield of tetrahedra nanoparticles. This work sheds an important mechanistic light on the crystallographic underpinnings of nanoparticle shape and symmetry transformations and highlights the importance of single-particle characterization tools for monitoring nanoscale phenomena.
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Li J, Yang R, Zeng T, Hu J, Tang W, Liu Z, Gong L. Preparation and growth mechanism of micro spherical ammonium dinitramide crystal based on ultrasound-assisted solvent-antisolvent method. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2021; 78:105716. [PMID: 34418766 PMCID: PMC8384905 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Micro-sized spherical ammonium dinitramide (ADN) crystals are successfully prepared by a facile ultrasound-assisted solvent-antisolvent recrystallization method without introducing any additives. The influences of the volume ratio of solvent to antisolvent, the antisolvent temperature and the ultrasound power on the micro-morphologies and properties of ADN crystals are studied systematically. The changes of morphology, particle size, crystal structure and melting point of the ADN crystals are characterized through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), laser particle size analyzer (LPSA), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), respectively. The results show that the optimal experimental parameters for the ADN crystal of spherical morphology are as follows: the volume ratio of solvent to antisolvent is 1:50, the antisolvent temperature is 20 ℃, and the ultrasound power is 70 W. The predicted hexagonal-flake and spherical morphologies for the ADN are close to the experimental morphologies. The growth mechanism of the spherical ADN crystal changes with supersaturation of the ADN solution. As the degree of supersaturation increases, the growth models of the spherical ADN change from the spiral growth to the rough growth, and the morphologies of ADN change from the large-sized ADN ball to the small-sized ADN ball.
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- Jingjing Li
- National Engineering Research Center of Flame Retardant Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Flame Retardant Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Flame Retardant Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Flame Retardant Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Flame Retardant Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Flame Retardant Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Jingbo Chemical Research Institute, Shandong Qingdao 256500, China
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Decahedral anatase particles (DAPs) have been prepared by the gas-phase method, characterized, and analyzed for property-governed photocatalytic activity. It has been found that depending on the reaction systems, different properties control the photocatalytic activity, that is, the particle aspect ratio, the density of electron traps and the morphology seem to be responsible for the efficiency of water oxidation, methanol dehydrogenation and oxidative decomposition of acetic acid, respectively. For the discussion on the dependence of the photocatalytic activity on the morphology and/or the symmetry other titania-based photocatalysts have also been analyzed, that is, octahedral anatase particles (OAP), commercial titania P25, inverse opal titania with and without incorporated gold NPs in void spaces and plasmonic photocatalysts (titania with deposits of gold). It has been concluded that though the morphology governs photocatalytic activity, the symmetry (despite its importance in many cases) rather does not control the photocatalytic performance.
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Kurganskaya I, Niazi NK, Luttge A. A modeling approach for unveiling adsorption of toxic ions on iron oxide nanocrystals. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 417:126005. [PMID: 34229375 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The era of advanced computer simulations in materials science enables a great potential to design in silico computational experiments for (nano-)material performance. The adsorption efficiency of nanoparticles in various environments can be unveiled by atomistic models and computer simulations. Arsenic (As) is one of the important globally distributed contaminants with a hazardous impact on human health and environment, and it can strongly bind with iron nanocrystals (e.g., hematite (Fe2O3)) depending on their shape and size. Here, we developed a novel Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) model capable of exploring and delineating shape-efficiency dependence for Fe2O3 nanocrystals in contact with arsenate-contaminated water. This newly designed model demonstrated the performance of nanocrystals for removal of toxic (As) ions on their surface. The current model opens new avenues for designing further advanced KMC models for nanoparticles-toxic ions interactions, under varying environmentally relevant situations, e.g., groundwater, wetlands, and water treatment systems. In addition to bidentate adsorption complexes, implemented in the model presented, monodentate and outer-sphere adsorption complexes should be incorporated into the KMC model. Detailed environmental controls can be addressed by implementation of pH and background ions.
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- Inna Kurganskaya
- Universtät Bremen, FB5, MARUM and MAPEX, Klagenfurter Str. 4, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan; Southern Cross GeoScience, Southern Cross University, Lismore 2480, NSW, Australia
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- Universtät Bremen, FB5, MARUM and MAPEX, Klagenfurter Str. 4, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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Schoeppler V, Stier D, Best RJ, Song C, Turner J, Savitzky BH, Ophus C, Marcus MA, Zhao S, Bustillo K, Zlotnikov I. Crystallization by Amorphous Particle Attachment: On the Evolution of Texture. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2101358. [PMID: 34337782 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202101358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Crystallization by particle attachment (CPA) is a gradual process where each step has its own thermodynamic and kinetic constrains defining a unique pathway of crystal growth. An important example is biomineralization of calcium carbonate through amorphous precursors that are morphed into shapes and textural patterns that cannot be envisioned by the classical monomer-by-monomer approach. Here, a mechanistic link between the collective kinetics of mineral deposition and the emergence of crystallographic texture is established. Using the prismatic ultrastructure in bivalve shells as a model, a fundamental leap is made in the ability to analytically describe the evolution of form and texture of biological mineralized tissues and to design the structure and crystallographic properties of synthetic materials formed by CPA.
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- Vanessa Schoeppler
- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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Li M, Hu W, Wang L, Wei J, Sun J, Li J, Han D, Gong J. Study on the formation mechanism of isoniazid crystal defects and defect elimination strategy based on ultrasound. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2021; 77:105674. [PMID: 34304118 PMCID: PMC8326229 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In crystallization, crystal growth defects may reduce the strength and purity of crystals, which are not welcomed in the industry. Herein, isoniazid (INH) crystals were chosen as an example to investigate the formation of crystal defects at the molecular scale by combining experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. It was found that the strong interaction between the solvent and the crystal surface, high temperature, small stirring rate, and low supersaturation can lead to more pronounced crystal defects. The bulk severity of INH crystal defects was reflected by N2 adsorption-desorption measurement. Besides, the single-crystal growth experiments manifested the rough growth mechanism for the (110) surface in the axial direction and the stepwise growth mechanism for the (002) surface in the radial direction. For the (110) surface, cavities occurred under the condition where the growth rate of the crystal edges and corners was greater than that of the surface center due to the starvation phenomenon of diffusion. While for the (002) surface, when the solvent removal rate was lower than the solute insertion rate, liquid inclusions were formed, which was verified by Raman microscopy. Furthermore, the ultrasonic strategy was successfully proposed to eliminate INH crystal defects and prepare perfect INH crystals. Moreover, the mechanism of ultrasound to reduce the crystal defect was proposed. We believe this work can provide insights into the design and preparation of defect-free crystals in crystallization.
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- Min Li
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- North China Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou 515031, People's Republic of China
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A survey on fractionation: the optimal control of distilling in batch and semibatch configurations. REV CHEM ENG 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/revce-2021-0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Since the middle of the last century, discussion about the operation of discontinuous fractionation to meet multifarious goals, such as product purity and recovery rate, by monitoring process variables including reflux or/and heat duty, is been on. The engineering practice showed intolerable events to occur; hereof the operation must be supervised, which makes it difficult to be in agreement with the batch distillation objectives. Hence, to uphold the effectuation of new operating policies into the industrial “know-how” techniques, different optimal control strategies can be conceived. The objective of this work is to offer a literature survey on the investigations of optimal control functioning for selected simple distillation column configurations employed in batch/semibatch distillation of homogeneous/reactive mixtures, as well as the approaches used in this regard. Available optimal control schemes have been reviewed in detail, emphasizing its major assets.
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Lemanowicz M, Mielańczyk A, Walica T, Kotek M, Gierczycki A. Application of Polymers as a Tool in Crystallization-A Review. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13162695. [PMID: 34451235 PMCID: PMC8401169 DOI: 10.3390/polym13162695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The application of polymers as a tool in the crystallization process is gaining more and more interest among the scientific community. According to Web of Science statistics the number of papers dealing with “Polymer induced crystallization” increased from 2 in 1990 to 436 in 2020, and for “Polymer controlled crystallization”—from 4 in 1990 to 344 in 2020. This is clear evidence that both topics are vivid, attractive and intensively investigated nowadays. Efficient control of crystallization and crystal properties still represents a bottleneck in the manufacturing of crystalline materials ranging from pigments, antiscalants, nanoporous materials and pharmaceuticals to semiconductor particles. However, a rapid development in precise and reliable measuring methods and techniques would enable one to better describe phenomena involved, to formulate theoretical models, and probably most importantly, to develop practical indications for how to appropriately lead many important processes in the industry. It is clearly visible at the first glance through a number of representative papers in the area, that many of them are preoccupied with the testing and production of pharmaceuticals, while the rest are addressed to new crystalline materials, renewable energy, water and wastewater technology and other branches of industry where the crystallization process takes place. In this work, authors gathered and briefly discuss over 100 papers, published in leading scientific periodicals, devoted to the influence of polymers on crystallizing solutions.
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- Marcin Lemanowicz
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland; (T.W.); (M.K.); (A.G.)
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (A.M.); Tel.: +48-32-237-28-32 (M.L.); +48-32-237-15-73 (A.M.); Fax: +48-32-237-14-61 (M.L.); +48-32-237-15-09 (A.M.)
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (A.M.); Tel.: +48-32-237-28-32 (M.L.); +48-32-237-15-73 (A.M.); Fax: +48-32-237-14-61 (M.L.); +48-32-237-15-09 (A.M.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland; (T.W.); (M.K.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland; (T.W.); (M.K.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland; (T.W.); (M.K.); (A.G.)
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Singh V, Houben L, Shimon LJW, Cohen SR, Golani O, Feldman Y, Lahav M, Boom ME. Unusual Surface Texture, Dimensions and Morphology Variations of Chiral and Single Crystals**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202105772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Vivek Singh
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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Singh V, Houben L, Shimon LJW, Cohen SR, Golani O, Feldman Y, Lahav M, van der Boom ME. Unusual Surface Texture, Dimensions and Morphology Variations of Chiral and Single Crystals*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:18256-18264. [PMID: 34115416 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We demonstrate here a unique metallo-organic material where the appearance and the internal crystal structure are in contradiction. The egg-shaped (ovoid) crystals have a brain-like texture. Although these micro-sized crystals are monodispersed; like fingerprints their grainy surfaces are never exactly alike. Remarkably, our X-ray and electron diffraction studies unexpectedly revealed that these structures are single-crystals comprising a continuous coordination network of two differently shaped homochiral channels. By using the same building blocks under different reaction conditions, a rare series of crystals have been obtained that are uniquely rounded in their shape. In stark contrast to the brain-like crystals, these isostructural and monodispersed crystals have a comparatively smooth appearance. The sizes of these crystals vary by several orders of magnitude.
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- Vivek Singh
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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Fang L, Gao Z, Wu S, Jia S, Wang J, Rohani S, Gong J. Ultrasound-assisted solution crystallization of fotagliptin benzoate: Process intensification and crystal product optimization. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2021; 76:105634. [PMID: 34218067 PMCID: PMC8261672 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The ultrasound-assisted crystallization process has promising potentials for improving process efficiency and modifying crystalline product properties. In this work, the crystallization process of fotagliptin benzoate methanol solvate (FBMS) was investigated to improve powder properties and downstream desolvation/drying performance. The direct cooling/antisolvent crystallization process was conducted and then optimized with the assistance of ultrasonic irradiation and seeding strategy. Direct cooling/antisolvent crystallization and seeding crystallization processes resulted in needle-like crystals which are undesirable for downstream processing. In contrast, the ultrasound-assisted crystallization process produced rod-like crystals and reduced the crystal size to facilitate the desolvation of FBMS. The metastable zone width (MSZW), induction time, crystal size, morphology, and process yield were studied comprehensively. The results showed that both the seeding and ultrasound-assisted crystallization process (without seeds) can improve the process yield and the ultrasound could effectively reduce the crystal size, narrow the MSZW, and shorten the induction time. Through comparing the drying dynamics of the FBMS, the small rod-shaped crystals with a mean size of 9.6 μm produced by ultrasonic irradiation can be completely desolvated within 20 h, while the desolvation time of long needle crystals with an average size of about 157 μm obtained by direct cooling/antisolvent crystallization and seeding crystallization processes is more than 80 h. Thus the crystal size and morphology were found to be the key factors affecting the desolvation kinetics and the smaller size produced by using ultrasound can benefit the intensification of the drying process. Overall, the ultrasound-assisted crystallization showed a full improvement including crystal properties and process efficiency during the preparation of fotagliptin benzoate desolvated crystals.
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- Lan Fang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, PR China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, Canada
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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Wang Z, Jia H, Liu Z, Peng Z, Dai Y, Zhang C, Guo X, Wang T, Zhu L. Greatly enhanced oxidative activity of δ-MnO 2 to degrade organic pollutants driven by dominantly exposed {-111} facets. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 413:125285. [PMID: 33581670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The reactivity of oxidizing materials is highly related to the exposed crystal facets. Herein, δ-MnO2 with different exposure facets were synthesized and the oxidative activities of the as-prepared materials were evaluated by degrading phenol in water without light. The degradation rate of phenol by δ-MnO2-{-111} was significantly higher than that by δ-MnO2-{001}. δ-MnO2-{-111} also displayed high degradation efficiency to a variety of other organic pollutants, such as ciprofloxacin, bisphenol A, 3-chlorophenol and sulfadiazine. Comprehensive characterization and theoretical calculation verified that the {-111} facet had high density of Mn3+, thus displaying enhanced direct oxidative capacity to degrade organic pollutants. In addition, the dominant {-111} facet promoted adsorption/activation of O2, thus favored the generation of superoxide radical (O2•-), which actively participated in the degradation of pollutants. The phenol degradation kinetics could be divided into two distinct phases: the rapid phase (k1obs = 0.468 min-1) induced by Mn3+ and the slower phase (k2obs = 0.048 min-1) dominated by O2•-. The synergistically promoted non-radical and radical based reactions resulted in greatly enhanced the oxidative activity of the δ-MnO2-{-111}. These findings deepen the understanding of facet-dependent oxidative performance of materials and provided valuable insights into the possible practical application of δ-MnO2 for water purification.
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- Zhiqiang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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Civati F, O’Malley C, Erxleben A, McArdle P. Factors Controlling Persistent Needle Crystal Growth: The Importance of Dominant One-Dimensional Secondary Bonding, Stacked Structures, and van der Waals Contact. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2021; 21:3449-3460. [PMID: 34267600 PMCID: PMC8273860 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Needle crystals can cause filtering and handling problems in industrial settings, and the factors leading to a needle crystal morphology have been investigated. The crystal growth of the amide and methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, and t-butyl esters of diflunisal have been examined, and needle growth has been observed for all except the t-butyl ester. Their crystal structures show that the t-butyl ester is the only structure that does not contain molecular stacking. A second polymorph of a persistent needle forming phenylsulfonamide with a block like habit has been isolated. The structure analysis has been extended to known needle forming systems from the literature. The intermolecular interactions in needle forming structures have been analyzed using the PIXEL program, and the properties driving needle crystal growth were found to include a 1D motif with interaction energy greater than -30 kJ/mol, at least 50% vdW contact between the motif neighbors, and a filled unit cell which is a monolayer. Crystal structures are classified into persistent and controllable needle formers. Needle growth in the latter class can be controlled by choice of solvent. The factors shown here to be drivers of needle growth will help in the design of processes for the production of less problematic crystal products.
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- Francesco Civati
- School
of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway H91TK33, Ireland
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- School
of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway H91TK33, Ireland
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- School
of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway H91TK33, Ireland
- Synthesis
and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC), Limerick V94T9PX, Ireland
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- School
of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway H91TK33, Ireland
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Hasija V, Raizada P, Hosseini‐Bandegharaei A, Thakur VK, Van Le Q, Nguyen V, Singh P. A Strategy to Develop Efficient Ag
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- Vasudha Hasija
- School of Advanced Chemical Sciences Shoolini University Solan (HP) 173229 India
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- School of Advanced Chemical Sciences Shoolini University Solan (HP) 173229 India
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering Faculty of Health Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences Sabzevar Iran
- Department of Engineering Kashmar Branch Islamic Azad University PO Box 161 Kashmar Iran
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- Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) Edinburgh United Kingdom
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- Institute of Research and Development Duy Tan University Da Nang 550000 Vietnam
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- Faculty of Biotechnology Binh Duong University Thu Dau Mot Vietnam
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- School of Advanced Chemical Sciences Shoolini University Solan (HP) 173229 India
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Wang L, Zhang K, Luo J, Ma JY, Ji W, Hong Q, Xu H, Huang W, Yan N, Qu Z. Metastable Facet-Controlled Cu 2WS 4 Single Crystals with Enhanced Adsorption Activity for Gaseous Elemental Mercury. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:5347-5356. [PMID: 33724005 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Purposively designing environmental advanced materials and elucidating the underlying reactivity mechanism at the atomic level allows for the further optimization of the removal performance for contaminants. Herein, using well facet-controlled I-Cu2WS4 single crystals as a model transition metal chalcogenide sorbent, we investigated the adsorption performance of the exposed facets toward gaseous elemental mercury (Hg0). We discovered that the decahedron exhibited not only facet-dependent adsorption properties for Hg0 but also recrystallization along the preferential [001] growth direction from a metastable state to the steady state. Besides, the metastable crystals with a predominant exposure of {101} facets dominated the promising adsorption efficiency (about 99% at 75 °C) while the saturated adsorption capacity was evaluated to be 2.35 mg·g-1. Subsequently, comprehensive characterizations and X-ray adsorption fine structure (XAFS), accompanied by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, revealed that it might be owing to the coordinatively unsaturated local environment of W atoms with S defects and the surface relative stability of different facets, which could be affected by the change in surface atom configuration. Hence, the new insight into the facet-dependent adsorption property of transition metal chalcogenide for Hg0 may have important implications, and the atomic-level study directly provides instructions for development and design of highly efficient functional materials.
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- Longlong Wang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhangheng Road 239, Pudong, Shanghai 201204, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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Pun AB, Mazzotti S, Mule AS, Norris DJ. Understanding Discrete Growth in Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Nanoplatelets and Magic-Sized Clusters. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:1545-1554. [PMID: 33660971 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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ConspectusSemiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) fluoresce with a color that strongly depends on their size and shape. Thus, to obtain homogeneous optical properties, researchers have strived to synthesize particles that are uniform. However, because NCs typically grow through continuous, incremental addition of material, slight differences in the growth process between individual crystallites yield statistical distributions in size and shape, leading to inhomogeneities in their optical characteristics. Much work has focused on improving synthetic protocols to control these distributions and enhance performance. Interestingly, during these efforts, several syntheses were discovered that exhibit a different type of growth process. The NCs jump from one discrete size to the next. Through purification methods, one of these sizes can then be isolated, providing a different approach to uniform NCs. Unfortunately, the fundamental mechanism behind such discrete growth and how it differs from the conventional continuous process have remained poorly understood.Discrete growth has been observed in two major classes of NCs: semiconductor nanoplatelets (NPLs) and magic-sized clusters (MSCs). NPLs are quasi-two-dimensional crystallites that exhibit a precise thickness of only a few atomic layers but much larger lateral dimensions. During growth, NPLs slowly appear with an increasing number of monolayers. By halting this process at a specific time, NPLs with a desired thickness can then be isolated (e.g., four monolayers). Because the optical properties are primarily governed by this thickness, which is uniform, NPLs exhibit improved optical properties such as narrower fluorescence line widths.While NPLs have highly anisotropic shapes and show discrete growth only in one dimension (thickness), MSCs are isotropic particles. The name "magic" arose because a specific set of NC sizes appear during synthesis. They have been believed to represent special atomic arrangements that possess enhanced structural stability. Historically, they were very small, hence molecular-scale "clusters." Isolation of one of the MSC sizes can then, in principle, provide a uniform sample of NCs. More recently, MSC growth has been extended to larger sizes, beyond what is commonly considered to be the "cluster" regime, challenging the conventional explanation for these materials.This Account summarizes recent work by our group to understand the mechanism that governs discrete growth in semiconductor NCs. We begin by describing the synthesis of NPLs. Next, we discuss the mechanism behind the highly anisotropic shape of NPLs. We build on this by examining the ripening process in NPLs. We show that NPLs slowly appear with increasing thickness, counterintuitively through lateral growth. Then, we turn to the synthesis of MSCs, in particular focusing on their growth mechanism. Our findings indicate a strong connection between NPLs and MSCs. Finally, we review several remaining challenges for the growth of NPLs and MSCs and give a brief outlook on the future of discrete growth. By understanding the underlying process, we believe that it can be exploited more broadly, potentially moving us toward more uniform nanomaterials.
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- Andrew B. Pun
- Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Singh MK. Controlling the aqueous growth of urea crystals with different growth inhibitors: a molecular-scale study. RSC Adv 2021; 11:12938-12950. [PMID: 35423801 PMCID: PMC8697337 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra10401a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Molecular scale understanding of the mechanism of solution-mediated nucleation and the growth of crystalline materials in the presence of growth inhibitors together with the process parameters continues to attract the interest of the scientific community though much headway has been made in recent years. Growth inhibitors can be added to solution of a crystallizing parent molecule to alter the rate of growth of different crystal faces, size and shape of the crystalline materials. In this work, we investigated the effects of a number of shape-controlling inhibitors, such as acetone, biuret and biurea, on the growth kinetics of the various faces of aqueous-grown urea crystals as a means to predictably control the crystal growth morphology. We combined the adsorption energy landscape of various auxiliaries with the kinetics of the molecular growth processes to develop an analytical model to compute the rate of growth as a function of supersaturation and the additive concentration. The model relates the kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of the adsorption of the solute, solvent and additive to provide a quantitative description of the crystal growth. Ab initio periodic dispersion-corrected density functional theory using the hybrid exchange-correlation functional was employed to determine the interfacial structure of the adsorption of various auxiliaries at crystalline surfaces. The calculated adsorption energies of different auxiliaries were employed to examine the role played by these auxiliaries during the aqueous crystallization of urea crystals containing small amounts of additives. Our results showed that the growth of (110), (111) and (1̄1̄1̄) faces were nearly unaltered by the addition of moderate amounts of acetone as it has lower adsorption energies with the surfaces of these faces. Nevertheless, the presence of acetone in the solution reasonably impeded the growth of the (001) face. The addition of biuret or biurea in the solution led to a higher adsorption energy at (001) and (111) faces. Consequently, the low concentration of these additives severely obstructed the growth of (001) and (111) faces as most of the adsorption sites were occupied by these additives. On the other hand, these additives were weakly adsorbed at the (110) face and, hence, the growth of the (110) face largely remained unaltered. Moreover, unlike biuret, biurea considerably inhibited the growth of the (1̄1̄1̄) face. Our results are in agreement with the experimental and computational results reported in the literature.
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- M K Singh
- Theory & Simulation Laboratory, Human Resource Development Section, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology Indore India +91-731-248-8677
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Department of Atomic Energy Indore India
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Application of PAT-Based Feedback Control Approaches in Pharmaceutical Crystallization. CRYSTALS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst11030221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Crystallization is one of the important unit operations for the separation and purification of solid products in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and pesticide industries, especially for realizing high-end, high-value solid products. The precise control of the solution crystallization process determines the polymorph, crystal shape, size, and size distribution of the crystal product, which is of great significance to improve product quality and production efficiency. In order to develop the crystallization process in a scientific method that is based on process parameters and data, process analysis technology (PAT) has become an important enabling platform. In this paper, we review the development of PAT in the field of crystallization in recent years. Based on the current research status of drug crystallization process control, the monitoring methods and control strategies of feedback control in the crystallization process were systematically summarized. The focus is on the application of model-free feedback control strategies based on the solution and solid information collected by various online monitoring equipment in product engineering, including improving particle size distribution, achieving polymorphic control, and improving purity. In this paper, the challenges of feedback control strategy in the crystallization process are also discussed, and the development trend of the feedback control strategy has been prospected.
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Pineda De La O E, Alhazmi N, Ebbens SJ, Dunbar ADF. Influence of Additives on the In Situ Crystallization Dynamics of Methyl Ammonium Lead Halide Perovskites. ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 2021; 4:1398-1409. [PMID: 33644699 PMCID: PMC7903675 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c02625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Understanding the kinetics of the crystallization process for organometal halide perovskite formation is critical in determining the crystalline, nanoscale morphology and therefore the electronic properties of the films produced during thin film formation from solution. In this work, in situ grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) and optical microscopy measurements are used to investigate the processes of nucleation and growth of pristine mixed halide perovskite (MAPbI3-x Cl x ) crystalline films deposited by bar coating at 60 °C, with and without additives in the solution. A small amount of 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) and hydriodic acid (HI) added to MAPbI3-x Cl x is shown to increase the numbers of nucleation centers promoting heterogeneous nucleation and accelerate and modify the size of nuclei during nucleation and growth. A generalized formation mechanism is derived from the overlapping parameters obtained from real-time GISAXS and optical microscopy, which revealed that during nucleation, perovskite precursors cluster before becoming the nuclei that function as elemental units for subsequent formation of perovskite crystals. Additive-free MAPbI3-x Cl x follows reaction-controlled growth, in contrast with when DIO and HI are present, and it is highly possible that the growth then follows a hindered diffusion-controlled mechanism. These results provide important details of the crystallization mechanisms occurring and will help to develop greater control over perovskite films produced.
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- Edwin Pineda De La O
- Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin St, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K.
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin St, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K.
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin St, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K.
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin St, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K.
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In situ imaging of two-dimensional surface growth reveals the prevalence and role of defects in zeolite crystallization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:28632-28639. [PMID: 33127756 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011806117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Zeolite crystallization predominantly occurs by nonclassical pathways involving the attachment of complex (alumino)silicate precursors to crystal surfaces, yet recurrent images of fully crystalline materials with layered surfaces are evidence of classical growth by molecule attachment. Here we use in situ atomic force microscopy to monitor three distinct mechanisms of two-dimensional (2D) growth of zeolite A where we show that layer nucleation from surface defects is the most common pathway. Direct observation of defects was made possible by the identification of conditions promoting layered growth, which correlates to the use of sodium as an inorganic structure-directing agent, whereas its replacement with an organic results in a nonclassical mode of growth that obscures 2D layers and markedly slows the rate of crystallization. In situ measurements of layered growth reveal that undissolved silica nanoparticles in the synthesis medium can incorporate into advancing steps on crystal surfaces to generate defects (i.e., amorphous silica occlusions) that largely go undetected in literature. Nanoparticle occlusion in natural and synthetic crystals is a topic of wide-ranging interest owing to its relevance in fields spanning from biomineralization to the rational design of functional nanocomposites. In this study, we provide unprecedented insight into zeolite surface growth by molecule addition through time-resolved microscopy that directly captures the occlusion of silica nanoparticles and highlights the prevalent role of defects in zeolite crystallization.
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Zhao X, Susman MD, Rimer JD, Bollini P. Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Properties of Faceted Oxide Crystals. ChemCatChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202001066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Xiaohui Zhao
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Rd. Houston TX 77004 USA
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Rd. Houston TX 77004 USA
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Rd. Houston TX 77004 USA
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Rd. Houston TX 77004 USA
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Susman MD, Pham HN, Zhao X, West DH, Chinta S, Bollini P, Datye AK, Rimer JD. Synthesis of NiO Crystals Exposing Stable High‐Index Facets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:15119-15123. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Mariano D. Susman
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77204-4004 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Microengineered Materials University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-0001 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77204-4004 USA
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- SABIC Technology Center 1600 Industrial Blvd. Sugar Land Houston TX 77478 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77204-4004 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Microengineered Materials University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-0001 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77204-4004 USA
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Susman MD, Pham HN, Zhao X, West DH, Chinta S, Bollini P, Datye AK, Rimer JD. Synthesis of NiO Crystals Exposing Stable High‐Index Facets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Mariano D. Susman
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77204-4004 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Microengineered Materials University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-0001 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77204-4004 USA
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- SABIC Technology Center 1600 Industrial Blvd. Sugar Land Houston TX 77478 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77204-4004 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Microengineered Materials University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-0001 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston 4726 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77204-4004 USA
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Iwakura I, Komori-Orisaku K, Hashimoto S, Akai S, Kimura K, Yabushita A. Formation of thioglucoside single crystals by coherent molecular vibrational excitation using a 10-fs laser pulse. Commun Chem 2020; 3:35. [PMID: 36703442 PMCID: PMC9814847 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-0281-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Compound crystallization is typically achieved from supersaturated solutions over time, through melting, or via sublimation. Here a new method to generate a single crystal of thioglucoside using a sub-10-fs pulse laser is presented. By focusing the laser pulse on a solution in a glass cell, a single crystal is deposited at the edge of the ceiling of the glass cell. This finding contrasts other non-photochemical laser-induced nucleation studies, which report that the nucleation sites are in the solution or at the air-solution interface, implying the present crystallization mechanism is different. Irradiation with the sub-10-fs laser pulse does not heat the solution but excites coherent molecular vibrations that evaporate the solution. Then, the evaporated solution is thought to be deposited on the glass wall. This method can form crystals even from unsaturated solutions, and the formed crystal does not include any solvent, allowing the formation of a pure crystal suitable for structural analysis, even from a minute amount of sample solution.
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- Izumi Iwakura
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan.
- Research Institute of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan.
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- Research Institute of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan
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- Research Institute of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan
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- Research Institute of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan
- Department of Material & Life Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan
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- Department of Material & Life Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan
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- Research Institute of Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan
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Mou M, Jiang M. Fast Continuous Non-Seeded Cooling Crystallization of Glycine in Slug Flow: Pure α-Form Crystals with Narrow Size Distribution. J Pharm Innov 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12247-020-09438-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chen H, Duan S, Sun Y, Song X, Yu J. Molecular dynamics simulations of solvent effects on the crystal morphology of lithium carbonate. RSC Adv 2020; 10:5604-5609. [PMID: 35497455 PMCID: PMC9049282 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07909b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The attachment energy (AE) model was employed to investigate the growth morphology of Li2CO3 under vacuum and water solvent conditions by molecular dynamics simulations. The attachment energy calculation predicted the growth morphology in vacuum dominated by the (1 1 -1), (0 0 2) and (1 1 0) crystal faces. A modified attachment energy model, accounting for the surface chemistry and the corresponding topography of the habit crystal plane, was established to predict the morphological importance of crystal faces in a water solvent. Moreover, radial distribution function (RDF) and diffusion coefficient analyses were performed to explore the adsorption and diffusion behaviors of solvent molecules on the Li2CO3 crystal faces. The calculated results showed that with the solvent effects, the (0 0 2) and (1 1 0) faces were of great morphological importance, while the (1 1 -1) face disappeared gradually. These finally resulted in a cuboid-like Li2CO3 crystal. The growth morphology and the corresponding X-ray powder diffraction pattern derived from the modified AE model were in accordance with the results observed in experiments. The related model provides an important basis for the further investigation of the effects of impurities.
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- Hang Chen
- Engineering Research Center of Resource Process Engineering, Ministry of Education Shanghai 200237 China
- National Engineering Research Center for Integrated Utilization of Salt Lake Resource, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China +86-21-64252346 +86-21-64252346
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security Shanghai 200092 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Resource Process Engineering, Ministry of Education Shanghai 200237 China
- National Engineering Research Center for Integrated Utilization of Salt Lake Resource, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China +86-21-64252346 +86-21-64252346
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- Engineering Research Center of Resource Process Engineering, Ministry of Education Shanghai 200237 China
- National Engineering Research Center for Integrated Utilization of Salt Lake Resource, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China +86-21-64252346 +86-21-64252346
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security Shanghai 200092 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Resource Process Engineering, Ministry of Education Shanghai 200237 China
- National Engineering Research Center for Integrated Utilization of Salt Lake Resource, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China +86-21-64252346 +86-21-64252346
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security Shanghai 200092 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Resource Process Engineering, Ministry of Education Shanghai 200237 China
- National Engineering Research Center for Integrated Utilization of Salt Lake Resource, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China +86-21-64252346 +86-21-64252346
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Chen H, Wang C, Kang H, Zhi B, Haynes CL, Aburub A, Sun CC. Microstructures and pharmaceutical properties of ferulic acid agglomerates prepared by different spherical crystallization methods. Int J Pharm 2020; 574:118914. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Manee V, Zhu W, Romagnoli JA. A Deep Learning Image-Based Sensor for Real-Time Crystal Size Distribution Characterization. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- V. Manee
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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