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Nanotemplated Crystallization of Organic Molecules
Author(s) -
Plain Jérôme,
Pallandre Antoine,
Nysten Bernard,
Jonas Alain M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200600059
Subject(s) - crystallization , nucleation , crystallite , nanotechnology , materials science , organic molecules , crystal (programming language) , molecule , crystal growth , crystallography , chemical engineering , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , programming language , engineering
Crystal clear: The growth of organic crystals was templated down to 60 nm by chemical nanopatterns, providing access to polycrystalline nanosquares and nanolines. Also, depending on the attractive or repulsive nature of the background of the nanopatterns, crystal nucleation occurred either at the edges of the nanofeatures or 50–70 nm away from them, respectively, giving rise to the formation of crystalline nanocorrals for short crystallization times (see figure).