Crystals, Volume 7, Issue 9

While high-throughput screening for protein crystallization conditions have rapidly evolved in the last few decades, it is also becoming increasingly necessary for the control of crystal size and shape as increasing diversity of protein crystallograp...

We investigate the microstructure evolution of Ag-alloyed PbTe compounds for thermoelectric (TE) applications with or without additions of 0.04 at. % Bi. We control the nucleation and temporal evolution of Ag2Te-precipitates in the PbTe-matrix applyi...

The goal of this special issue is to obtain new insights into the roles of crystallography in functional materials. This special issue consists of eight papers illustrating the structure and property relationships, as well as applications of selected...

Zn7/3Sb2/3O4 is a secondary phase in ZnO-based varistors. Acceptor impurities, such as Li+, increase the resistivity. This effect is produced by a modification of the grain boundary barriers. The role of the cationic distribution in the mentioned eve...

Below T CO = 157 K the quasi-one-dimensional charge-transfer salt (TMTTF) 2 SbF 6 undergoes a pronounced phase transition to a charge-ordered ground state. We have explored the non-linear and photoconductive behavior as a fun...

A series of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 (LNMO) samples were synthesized by adjusting the molar ratio of (NH4)2CO3 to Na2CO3 in a mixed precipitant for evaluating the effects of ammonia from (NH4)2CO3 as a complexing agent and Na2CO3 as a precipitant on the morpho...

A novel inorganic-organic hybrid supramolecular macrocyclic compound, (4-nitroanilinium)(18-crown-6)(PF6)(1), was synthesized and characterized by infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetr...

A newly designed Co(II) complex, [Co3(L)(OAc)2(CH3OH)2]·CH3OH, by the reaction of a bis(salamo)-type tetraoxime ligand (H4L) with Co(II) acetate tetrahydrate was synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, UV-vis spectra and single-cryst...

This study, using atomic-force and polarized-optical light (AFM and POM) microscopies on the extinction banded spherulites of poly(dodecamethylene terephthalate) (P12T) at high Tc = 110 °C with a film thickness kept at 1–3 µm, has verified that bande...

Here, we investigate the strengths of R–X···π interactions, involving both chlorine and bromine, in model systems derived from protein-ligand complexes found in the PDB. We find that the strengths of these interactions can vary significantly, with bi...