Crystal growth and morphology

Lahav, M. and Leiserowitz, L., 2001. The effect of solvent on crystal growth and morphology. Chemical Engineering Science, 56(7), 2245-2254. 

The use of tailor made additives holds great promise in the area of crystal growth and morphology control. The routine selection and use of these type of additives will require a fundamental understanding of the mechanism which the additives work on a molecular basis. At the same time, the effect of solvent molecules on the crystal growth process is another related and important problem. In both instances, the relationship between internal aystal structure, aystal growth rate, solvent and impurities are needed to predict the habit of a crystal and thus allow seleaion of the proper conditions and components required to obtain a desired habit... 

In Part I, after systematically summarizing the hitherto used terms in the morphology of crystals, we summarize the developments in the atomic process of crystal growth and morphology achieved in the twentieth century. 

Folk R.L. (1978) A chemical model for calcite crystal growth and morphology control. J. Sediment. Petrol. 48, 345-347. 

From the point of view of understanding crystal growth and morphology, the above structure of the NIF means that under any circumstance, whether forming from solution or from melt, the stem length in monodisperse alkane crystals is quantized. 

So far, hydrothermal and solvothermal synthesis have been widely used in the 1) modification, 2) crystal growth and morphology control, 3) phase-transition study, and 4) discovery of new species of zeolites and porous materials. 

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