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Nonclassical Crystallization: Facile Synthesis and Shape Evolution of Single‐Crystal Cuprous Oxide (Adv. Mater. 20/2009)
Author(s) -
Liang Xudong,
Gao Lian,
Yang Songwang,
Sun Jing
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200990076
Subject(s) - crystallization , materials science , chemical engineering , single crystal , nanotechnology , oxide , crystal growth , particle (ecology) , crystallography , metallurgy , chemistry , engineering , oceanography , geology
Lian Gao and co‐workers discuss on p. 2068 the synergic effect of oriented attachment and ripening mechanism with face‐selective additive adsorption for the formation of various morphologies of single‐crystal Cu 2 O. The frontispiece shows an SEM image of self‐assembled microcubic Cu 2 O mesocrystals, clearly revealing the rarely observed combination of a nonclassical‐particle‐based crystallization process and subsequent classical crystallization process.