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Crystals, Volume 8, Issue 9

September 2018 - 35 articles

Cover Story: The last nitronyl nitroxide bearing azolyl-substituent, namely 2-(1Н-tetrazol-5-yl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1Н-imidazol-3-oxide-1-oxyl, was isolated in a neutral form. In the crystal state, these nitroxides form intermolecular H-bonds connecting the radicals, thus forming infinite chains. Inside the chains, there are short intermolecular contacts (3.096 Å) between O and C atoms possessing spin densities of opposite signs; this explains the occurrence of ferromagnetic exchange coupling (J  20 cm1) between the radicals inside the chain predicted by BS-DFT. View this paper
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Articles (35)

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,661 Views
14 Pages

Selective Area Growth and Structural Characterization of GaN Nanostructures on Si(111) Substrates

  • Alexana Roshko,
  • Matt Brubaker,
  • Paul Blanchard,
  • Todd Harvey and
  • Kris A. Bertness

16 September 2018

Selective area growth (SAG) of GaN nanowires and nanowalls on Si(111) substrates with AlN and GaN buffer layers grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy was studied. For N-polar samples filling of SAG features increased with decreasing lattice...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,074 Views
12 Pages

14 September 2018

The volume versus temperature relations for Ni 3 Si and Ni 3 Ge are obtained by using the first principles calculations combined with the quasiharmonic approach. Based on the equilibrium volumes at temperature T, the temperature depende...

  • Review
  • Open Access
155 Citations
14,979 Views
68 Pages

14 September 2018

This review paper focuses on the phenomenon of thermochemical expansion of two specific categories of conducting ceramics: Proton Conducting Ceramics (PCC) and Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors (MIEC). The theory of thermal expansion of ceramics is u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,071 Views
12 Pages

13 September 2018

Graphene as a type of novel additive significantly enhanced the tribological performance of blended lubricating oil. However, the dispersibility of graphene with long-term stability in lubricating oil is still a challenge. Chemical modification for g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,464 Views
12 Pages

Inducing Crystallinity of Metal Thin Films with Weak Magnetic Fields without Thermal Annealing

  • Stefan S. Ručman,
  • Winita Punyodom,
  • Jaroon Jakmunee and
  • Pisith Singjai

13 September 2018

Since the discovery of thin films, it has been known that higher crystallinity demands higher temperatures, making the process inadequate for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly methods of thin film fabrication. We resolved this problem by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,147 Views
10 Pages

Mosaicity of Spin-Crossover Crystals

  • Sabine Lakhloufi,
  • Elodie Tailleur,
  • Wenbin Guo,
  • Frédéric Le Gac,
  • Mathieu Marchivie,
  • Marie-Hélène Lemée-Cailleau,
  • Guillaume Chastanet and
  • Philippe Guionneau

13 September 2018

Real crystals are composed of a mosaic of domains whose misalignment is evaluated by their level of “mosaicity” using X-ray diffraction. In thermo-induced spin-crossover compounds, the crystal may be seen as a mixture of metal centres, so...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,675 Views
12 Pages

11 September 2018

Real-time in situ neutron diffraction was used to characterize the crystal structure evolution in a transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) sheet steel during annealing up to 1000 °C and then cooling to 60 °C. Based on the results of full-pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
5,169 Views
12 Pages

8 September 2018

Two groups of coumarin derivatives, 4-methyl-2-oxo-2H-chromen-7-yl 4-alkoxybenzoates (coumarin esters), In, and 4-methyl-2-oxo-2H-chromen-7-yl 4-(2-(4-alkoxyphenyl)diazenyl) benzoates (coumarin azoesters), IIn, were synthesized and investigated for t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
90 Citations
15,459 Views
30 Pages

A Review of Current Development of Graphene Mechanics

  • Qiang Cao,
  • Xiao Geng,
  • Huaipeng Wang,
  • Pengjie Wang,
  • Aaron Liu,
  • Yucheng Lan and
  • Qing Peng

6 September 2018

Graphene, a two-dimensional carbon in honeycomb crystal with single-atom thickness, possesses extraordinary properties and fascinating applications. Graphene mechanics is very important, as it relates to the integrity and various nanomechanical behav...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,862 Views
9 Pages

Investigation of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells for Viscosity of PEDOT:PSS Solution

  • Pao-Hsun Huang,
  • Yeong-Her Wang,
  • Chien-Wu Huang,
  • Wen-Ray Chen and
  • Chien-Jung Huang

6 September 2018

In this paper, we demonstrate that the inverted CH3NH3PbI3 (perovskite) solar cells (PSCs) based on fullerene (C60) as an acceptor is fabricated by applying an improved poly(3,4-ethlyenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) solution as a...

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Crystals - ISSN 2073-4352