Search

Lanthanoid carboxylates were synthesized and in situ self‐assembled to illustrate temperature‐driven evolution in chromaticity. Evolution in structure (crystallinity), composition, luminosity, and chromaticity were investigated revealing the coupled role of divergence in order/structure (spatial organization), and composition in tuning observed color. Loss of crystallinity or increase in residual carbon leads to decrease in luminosity even with increase in hue. Comparing Ho and Er congeners shows that the density of accessible transition states relates to shifts in low and high wavelength components of color. This work demonstrates that, just as interface dipoles can lead to change in semiconductor band gap, structure and composition can analogously alter observed color. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a study which used magnetic levitation (MagLev) to separate mixtures of crystal polymorphs. It is explained that MagLev is a simple system that provides a continuous apparent density gradient in which to measure density and separate objects. The study noted that methods to obtain single polymorphs from mixtures of polymorphic crystals include selective nucleation.