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Chemistry and Crystal Growth
Author(s) -
Hulliger Jürg
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199401431
Subject(s) - crystallization , crystal (programming language) , crystal growth , crystal chemistry , ceramic , doping , nanotechnology , solid state chemistry , work (physics) , materials science , superconductivity , chemistry , single crystal , polymer , state of matter , chemical physics , crystal structure , crystallography , organic chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , computer science , condensed matter physics , optoelectronics , programming language
Single‐crystal materials, along with other forms of condensed matter (ceramics, polymers, liquid crystals, etc.) are fundamental to modern technology. The basic research and production of new materials with “tailored” solid‐state physical properties therefore necessitate not only chemical synthesis but also the production of single crystals of a particular morphology (either bulk or thin layer crystals) and well‐defined crystal defects (doping). In this review, an attempt is made to broaden the traditional synthetic concept of chemistry to the process of single‐crystal synthesis. The methods of the resulting approach, which takes into account the specific properties of solid materials, are discussed and illustrated by experimental set‐ups for the solution of a range of problems in chemical crystallization. Also included is recent work on the growing of single crystals of high‐temperature superconductors, organic non‐linear optical compounds, and proteins.