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Yang Z, Gong X, Chen Y, Huang J, Lin Y, Luo Z, Deng S, Huang Y. The growth of a large GdPO 4 crystal guided by theoretical simulation and the study of its phonon properties. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:22515-22525. [PMID: 34590644 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02977k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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It has remained a big challenge to grow large crystals of compounds at very anisotropic crystal growth rates. GdPO4 is such an example, which usually grows into a needle-like shape. This work solved this problem by using Li+ ions, predicted by first-principles calculations, to adjust the crystal morphology of GdPO4. Based on the calculated surface energies and the polar properties of the surfaces, we identified two crystal planes, i.e. (-102) and (-111), which can be used to adjust the morphology of the GdPO4 crystal by using extrinsic cations in the flux system. With a predicted Li containing flux system, Li2O-MoO3-B2O3, a large crystal with a record size, 10.0 × 9.0 × 18.2 mm3, was grown by using the top-seeded solution growth (TSSG) method. Based on the grown large crystal and the polarized Raman measurements, four new Raman bands missing in early studies and other bands were unambiguously assigned. By introducing a new formula, the phonon-phonon interactions were shown to be weak in the temperature range from 83 to 803 K. Our study indicates that the crystal of GdPO4 can be used as a promising laser host material working under relatively high temperature conditions.
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- Zhongmin Yang
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.
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Zheng S, Xu Z, Ye L, Li D, Zhuang X. Effect of urea additives on CuSO4·5H2O crystal habit: an experimental and theoretical study. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00115e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Oblique hexagonal prism copper(ii) sulfate pentahydrate crystal was formed due to the preferential adsorption of urea molecules on specific faces.
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- Shigui Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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Sen A, Ganguly B. Is Dual Morphology of Rock-Salt Crystals Possible with a Single Additive? The Answer Is Yes, with Barbituric Acid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:11279-83. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Sen A, Ganguly B. Is Dual Morphology of Rock-Salt Crystals Possible with a Single Additive? The Answer Is Yes, with Barbituric Acid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201206170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mukhopadhyay I, Mohandas VP, Desale GR, Chaudhary A, Ghosh PK. Crystallization of Spherical Common Salt in the Submillimeter Size Range without Habit Modifier. Ind Eng Chem Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1021/ie1016317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Indrajit Mukhopadhyay
- Discipline of Salt and Marine Chemicals, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364 002, Gujarat, India
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- Discipline of Salt and Marine Chemicals, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364 002, Gujarat, India
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- Discipline of Salt and Marine Chemicals, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364 002, Gujarat, India
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- Discipline of Salt and Marine Chemicals, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364 002, Gujarat, India
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- Discipline of Salt and Marine Chemicals, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364 002, Gujarat, India
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Singh A, Suresh M, Ganguly B. Probing the influence of electronic effects of organic additives on the morphology of sodium chloride crystals: a combined experimental and computational study. CrystEngComm 2010. [DOI: 10.1039/c004200e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Singh A, Sen A, Ganguly B. First principle study towards the influence of Cd2+ on the morphology of sodium chloride. J Mol Graph Model 2010; 28:413-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2009.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2009] [Revised: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 09/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Shafeeuulla Khan MA, Sen A, Ganguly B. Probing the influence of pH dependent citric acid towards the morphology of rock salt: a computational study. CrystEngComm 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b909765a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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