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Self-Organized Formation of Parallel-Banded Structures through Synchronization of Twisted Growth
- Source :
- Crystal Growth & Design. 17:3694-3699
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2017.
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Abstract
- Self-organized formation of parallel-banded structures was demonstrated through the twisted growth of K2Cr2O7 in a thin layer of a viscous solution containing poly(acrylic acid) on a glass substrate. Dense branching of the twisted crystals was induced by increasing their growth rate under a controlled flow of nitrogen gas. Periodically banded structures were then obtained by the synchronization of the twist in the parallel branches. Specific structural colors originating from the parallel-banded structures as a diffraction grating were observed on the self-organized patterns of the twisted crystals.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Thin layer
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
Branching (polymer chemistry)
01 natural sciences
Molecular physics
0104 chemical sciences
Crystallography
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Nitrogen gas
General Materials Science
Growth rate
Twist
0210 nano-technology
Diffraction grating
Structural coloration
Acrylic acid
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15287505 and 15287483
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Crystal Growth & Design
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4e9f2a8ff0abe63d12e7f6e612b97c28
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00270