In Situ Kinetic Observations on Crystal Nucleation and Growth

J Li, FL Deepak - Chemical reviews, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Nucleation and growth are critical steps in crystallization, which plays an important role in
determining crystal structure, size, morphology, and purity. Therefore, understanding the …

Amyloid formation as a protein phase transition

TCT Michaels, D Qian, A Šarić, M Vendruscolo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The formation of amyloid fibrils is a general class of protein self-assembly behaviour, which
is associated with both functional biology and the development of a number of disorders …

A review on carbon-based phase change materials for thermal energy storage

RK Mishra, K Verma, V Mishra, B Chaudhary - Journal of energy storage, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Phase change materials are attractive as well as being selected as one of the incredibly
fascinating materials relating to the high-energy storage system. Phase change materials …

A review of classical and nonclassical nucleation theories

S Karthika, TK Radhakrishnan… - Crystal Growth & …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Nucleation, the initial process in vapor condensation, crystal nucleation, melting, and
boiling, is the localized emergence of a distinct thermodynamic phase at the nanoscale that …

Lithium crystallization at solid interfaces

M Yang, Y Liu, Y Mo - Nature Communications, 2023‏ - nature.com
Understanding the electrochemical deposition of metal anodes is critical for high-energy
rechargeable batteries, among which solid-state lithium metal batteries have attracted …

Self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles into functional superstructures

K Deng, Z Luo, L Tan, Z Quan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) into superstructures offers a flexible and
promising pathway to manipulate the nanometer-sized particles and thus make full use of …

New horizons of nonclassical crystallization

M Jehannin, A Rao, H Cölfen - Journal of the American …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Nonclassical crystallization (NCC) summarizes a number of crystallization pathways, which
differ from the classical layer-by-layer growth of crystals involving atomic/molecular building …

Colloidal hard spheres: Triumphs, challenges, and mysteries

CP Royall, P Charbonneau, M Dijkstra, J Russo… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024‏ - APS
The simplicity of hard spheres as a model system is deceptive. Although the particles
interact solely through volume exclusion, that nevertheless suffices for a wealth of static and …

Planar defect–free pure red perovskite light-emitting diodes via metastable phase crystallization

YH Song, J Ge, LB Mao, KH Wang, XL Tai, Q Zhang… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Solution-processable all-inorganic CsPbI3− x Br x perovskite holds great potential for pure
red light-emitting diodes. However, the widely existing defects in this mixed halide …

Strain to shine: stretching-induced three-dimensional symmetries in nanoparticle-assembled photonic crystals

T An, X Jiang, F Gao, C Schäfer, J Qiu, N Shi… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Stretching elastic materials containing nanoparticle lattices is common in research and
industrial settings, yet our knowledge of the deformation process remains limited …