Highly symmetric polyhedral Cu2O crystals with controllable-index planes
- 18 February 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in CrystEngComm
- Vol. 13 (7) , 2217-2221
Abstract
Novel highly symmetric multi-faceted polyhedral Cu2O crystals enclosed by controllable high-index facets and different low-index facets have been synthesized via a template-free complex-precursor solution route. The formation and evolution of these polyhedral shapes can be attributed to the aggregation and ripening mechanism with face-selective adsorption. The appearance of these novel polyhedral architectures further enriches the current morphologies of Cu2O crystals, and might become useful for the fundamental study of crystals design.Keywords
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