Inside Back Cover: Realignment of Nanocrystal Aggregates into Single Crystals as a Result of Inherent Surface Stress (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41/2016). Issue 41 (28th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Zhaoming; Pan, Haihua; Zhu, Genxing; Li, Yaling; Tao, Jinhui; Jin, Biao; Tang, Ruikang
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 55:Issue 41(2016)
• Page Start: 12913
• Page End: 12913
• Publication Date: 2016-07-28
• Subjects: aggregation -- calcium carbonate -- crystal growth -- crystal orientation -- surface stress; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201606537
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : Self‐alignment of nanoparticles is a key process in the formation of single crystals through aggregation‐based crystal growth. In their Communication onpage 12836 ff., R. Tang and co‐workers demonstrate by using high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy random aggregation of nanoparticles on the surface of a bulk single crystal. Subsequently, surface stress drives the grain boundary to migrate from the crystal bulk to the random surface layer to induce realignment of the randomly attached nanoparticles, which are then integrated into the single crystal.