Single crystal ZnO nanotube arrays were synthesized at low temperature in an aqueous solution containing zinc nitrate and hexamethylenetetramine. It was found that the pH value of the reaction solution played an important role in mediating the growth of ZnO nanostructures. A change in the growth temperature might change the pH value of the solution and bring about the structure conversion of Zn...

crystalline antimony sulfide (sb2s3) with nanorods morphology was successfully prepared via hydrothermal method by the reaction of elemental sulfur, antimony and iodine as starting materials with high yield at 180°c for 24h.using oxidation reagents like iodine as an initiator of redox reaction to prepare sb2s3 is reported for first time. crystal growth of sb2s3 was done by increasing reaction t...

With time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (TR-SANS), the crystallization kinetics of polyethylene from deuterated o-xylene solutions upon a temperature jump have been investigated. On the basis of a morphological model of coexisting lamellar stacks and coil chains in solution, experimental data have been quantitatively analyzed to provide structural information, such as the lamellar lon...

Our understanding of crystal growth continues to increase thanks to progress in theoretical models, computer simulations and experimental techniques. A discussion of the state-of-the-art in morphology prediction and of the determination of the solid-liquid interface structure using X-ray diffraction shows, however, that there is still a large gap between experiment and theory. We expect that co...

Mullins-Sekerka's instability at 3D self-similar growth of a spherical seed crystal in an undercooled fluid is discussed. The exact solution of the linearized stability problem is obtained. It is quite different from the conventional results of the quasisteady approximation. The instability occurs much weaker, so that instead of exponential growth in time, unstable modes exhibit just power-law-...

During the growth of crystals, different amounts of isotopes are incorporated at the crystallographically differing crystal faces [1-5]. If the temperature and the isotopic composition of the mother solution are constant in time (as could and should be achieved in artificial crystal growth), this interfacial isotope effect and its dependence on temperature can easily be measured. During natural...

The crystallization behavior of (RS)-Diprophylline (DPL) in two different solvents is investigated in order to assess the incidence of solvated pre-associations on nucleation, crystal growth and chiral discrimination. In the solvated state, Raman spectroscopy shows that dimeric associations similar to those depicted in the crystalline solid solution (ssRII) predominate in isopropyl alcohol (IPA...