Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Crystallization Mechanisms on Curved Surfaces
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystal Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (11 January 2024) | Viewed by 4925
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pharmaceutical crystallization; crystal shape engineering; additives; spherical crystallization; molecular simulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rational design of molecular solids with desired properties is an active branch of crystal engineering. Both inorganic and organic molecular crystals exhibit mechanical motions such as bending, twisting, jumping, and self-healing under external stimuli. Mechanically deformable crystals are of core interest, showing a broad range of applications in optical devices, organic electronics, sensors, biomimetics, pharmaceuticals, etc. The molecular packing features play a crucial role in crystal deformability. Polymorphs, salts and cocrystals may have different plastic and elastic properties. Twisted crystals can also be found in spherulites, which are generally created from melt crystallization as well as solution crystallization at a high driving force and/or the presence of additives. Crystal deformation arises due to many factors, and the mechanism is not well understood.
This Special Issue, entitled “Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Crystallization Mechanisms on Curved Surfaces,” welcomes relevant original papers and reviews focusing on curved crystals, mechanical properties, crystal engineering, spherulites, noncrystallographic branching, screw dislocation, twining, crystal growth affected by additives, etc.
Dr. Yan Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- crystal engineering
- crystal morphology
- curved surface
- polymorph
- cocrystal
- spherulites
- additives
- crystal growth
- mechanical properties
- molecular interactions
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