Oriented growth of single NaCl (100) crystal induced by Langmuir-Blodgett film

Wei Ren, Yinli Li, Menglin Chen, Bo Liu*, Xi Li, Mingdong Dong

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Abstract

Molecular films have been extensively used for crystal growth. The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique allows the oriented molecules film to be produced in a controllable manner. By controlling the LB film surface pressure and tuning quenching temperature of the supersaturated solution, single NaCl (100) crystal planes are successfully produced under the surface pressure of 30 mN/m with quenching temperature 5 °C of the NaCl supersaturated solution. The mechanism of single NaCl (100) crystal growth can be further explained based on the best matching between NaCl (100) crystal plane distance and the lattice parameter of LB film among all other crystal planes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)230-235
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Materials Research
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

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