Non-Classical Crystal Growth
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2019)
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
According to the classical crystal growth theory, established over 100 years ago, a crystal is developed via nucleation and the repeated attachment of building units, which can be atoms, molecules or ions. The polyhedral morphology of crystals can be explained by different growth rates along different crystal orientations. However, many crystals do not follow classical growth routes, forming various morphologies or novel hierarchical structures. For example, fast aggregation of precursor molecules/ions may disturb the environment for the growth of free crystals, leading to so-called reversed crystal growth, forming hollow crystals. When release of the building units relies on a reaction on some particular crystal surfaces, growth orientations can be highly selective, forming dendrites. The formation of some novel morphologies of polycrystalline particles may be driven by inter-particle forces of dipole fields, magnetic fields, etc. In fact, many phenomena of crystal growth have not been well investigated.
This Special Issue on “Non-Classical Crystal Growth” is intended to provide an international forum for scientists to present and discuss various novel crystal growth mechanisms. Better understanding of crystal growth will enable us to better-control crystal size and morphology. Scientists are invited to contribute to this issue in different forms, short communications, full papers, and review articles.
Prof. Dr. Wuzong ZhouGuest Editor
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Keywords
- non-classical crystal growth
- selective growth orientations
- unusual nucleation sites
- reversed crystal growth
- formation mechanisms of crystal defects
- aggregation and re-crystallization
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