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dc.contributor.authorSelf, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Wuzong
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T23:33:44Z
dc.date.available2017-08-01T23:33:44Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-07
dc.identifier.citationSelf , K & Zhou , W 2016 , ' Surface charge driven growth of eight-branched Cu 2 O Crystals ' , Crystal Growth & Design , vol. 16 , no. 9 , pp. 5377-5384 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00883en
dc.identifier.issn1528-7483
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 244739811
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 07f5d0c3-d36b-4ce8-b91a-f2952afd32e3
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84986550476
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9752-7076/work/58055007
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000382902400071
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/11348
dc.descriptionKS would like to thank the University of St Andrews for the studentship, WZZ thanks EPSRC for the financial support to purchase the FEG SEM (EP/F019580/1).en
dc.description.abstractCu2O crystals are synthesised hydrothermally with an 8-branched morphology, which can undergo a transition to a cubic shape by increasing the reaction time. The rapid branch formation of these structures is studied over time using SEM, TEM, SAED, PXRD and TGA. The formation of Cu2+/PVP soft matter clusters is shown to play a key role in the reduction of Cu2+, the nucleation of Cu2O crystals and the rapid growth of branches along all eight equivalent <111> directions of the cubic Cu2O struc- ture, due to the presence of negatively charged hydroxyl sites on the {111} surfaces. This non-classical crystal growth mechanism, which relies on aggregation of the precursor on the crystal surface, may help us to understand the formation of many abnormal crystal morphologies.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofCrystal Growth & Designen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2016 American Chemical Society. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00883en
dc.subjectQD Chemistryen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQDen
dc.titleSurface charge driven growth of eight-branched Cu2O Crystalsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEPSRCen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Chemistryen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. EaSTCHEMen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00883
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2017-08-01
dc.identifier.grantnumberEP/F019580/1en


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