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Freezing the Nonclassical Crystal Growth of a Coordination Polymer Using Controlled Dynamic Gradients
Author(s) -
RubioMartinez Marta,
Imaz Inhar,
Domingo Neus,
Abrishamkar Afshin,
Mayor Tiago Sotto,
Rossi René M.,
Carbonell Carlos,
deMello Andrew J.,
Amabilino David B.,
Maspoch Daniel,
PuigmartíLuis Josep
Publication year - 2016
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.201506462
Subject(s) - microfluidics , mixing (physics) , diffusion , reagent , materials science , crystal (programming language) , computer science , nanotechnology , service (business) , chemical physics , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , business , programming language , quantum mechanics , marketing
A methodology that can be efficiently used to synthesize, isolate, and study out‐of‐equilibrium crystal structures employing controlled and diffusion‐limited microfluidic environments is demonstrated. Unlike studies conducted with conventional mixing procedures in a flask, it is proven experimentally and with numerical simulations that microfluidic technologies can undoubtedly fine‐tune reaction times and reagents concentration profiles; factors that enable out‐of‐equilibrium crystal forms to be obtained.