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Cover Feature: 2D Spherulites of a Semi‐Fluorinated Alkane: Controlled Access to Either Radial Or Ring‐Banded Morphologies (ChemPhysChem 1/2018)
Author(s) -
Liu Xianhe,
Mielke Salomé,
Contal Christophe,
Favier Damien,
Yamamoto Akihisa,
Tanaka Motomu,
Krafft Marie Pierre
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201701344
Subject(s) - ring (chemistry) , cover (algebra) , crystallite , materials science , birefringence , alkane , morphology (biology) , optical microscope , atomic force microscopy , crystallography , chemical physics , nanotechnology , optics , chemistry , scanning electron microscope , composite material , geology , physics , hydrocarbon , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , paleontology , engineering
The Cover Feature shows an optical micrograph of non‐birefringent polycrystalline ring‐banded spherulites found in cast films of semi‐fluorinated alkane diblock F 10 H 16 . Atomic force microscopy reveals remarkably high ridges and valleys, involving stacked lamellae that likely consist of bilayers of diblocks. Control of experimental conditions produced ring‐banded‐only or radial‐only spherulites. More information can be found in the Communication by X. Liu et al. on page 29 in Issue 1, 2018 (DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201701064).