Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 11/2011

The cover picture shows TEM images of as‐synthesized flower‐like self‐organized ZnO materials. (see pages 1189–1194) (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 2/2012

The cover picture shows the 3‐D morphology of a Sapphire crystal grown under the condition of T_H = 2500‐3t K, u = U2. (see pages 175–182) (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 7/2009

The cover picture shows a secondary electron microscopy (SEM) image of a CuS nanoplate‐based architecture. (see pages 729–735) (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 1/2012

The cover picture shows a secondary electron image of the fracture surface of an as‐extruded YCu sample after tensile deformation at ambient temperature. (see pages 13–18) (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 1/2010

The cover picture shows a photograph of NaBi(WO₄)₂ crystals grown from a sintered charge in resistive furnace (left), a sintered charge in inductive furnace (middle) and a re‐crystallized charge in inductive furnace (right). (see pages 18–24). (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 3/2009

The cover picture shows the microstructural diversity of a benzoic acid‐salicylic acid eutectic composite material by different modes of solidification. Morphology of eutectic composite material in isotropic growth at room temperature (left) and random growth at 310 K (right). (see pages 258 – 268) (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 1/2009

The cover picture shows a SEM image of as‐prepared ZnO nanotubes at low magnification (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 5/2011

The cover picture shows spontaneously nucleated AlN boules grown on the crucible lids (above) and an AlN single crystal grown on the (10 0)‐face of a seed. (see pages 455–458) (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 4/2009

The cover picture shows simulated columnar dendritic grain morphologies at different times in a weld pool of Al‐Cu alloy (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 6/2009

The cover picture shows a projection of a part of the melilite structure approximately along the c‐axis of the structure of Sr₂ZnGe₂O₇, showing thermal displacement ellipsoids (50% probability level). Coordination polyhedra [SrO₈] (grey), [ZnO₄] (red) and groups [Ge₂O₇] (green) are indicated. (see pages 603 – 612) (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Formation of a new F.C.C. τ2 phase in rapidly quenched Al55Cu35V10 alloy

X‐ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy experiments were carried out to study the structure of rapidly solidified as‐cast and annealed Al₅₅Cu₃₅V₁₀ alloy. The as‐cast Al₅₅Cu₃₅V₁₀ alloy shows the presence of a new f.c.c. τ2 phase (a=0.58nm) along with a b.c.c. (a = 0.89 nm) phase which after subsequent annealing transforms into single f.c.c. phase (a = 0.58 nm). In this paper, it is also reported that these phases are crystalline approximants to an icosahedral phase on the basis of e/a (valence electron per atom) constant line. (© 2003 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 4/2012

The cover picture shows a BPO₄ crystal illuminated with a 532 nm laser of 5 mW. (see pages 391–396) (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 4/2011

The cover picture shows synthesized source material and grown crystals of GaS (left) and GaSe (right). (see pages 327–330) (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 11/2010

The cover picture shows a icosahedron with three orthogonal rectangles sketched in. A basic component of a quasicrystal is the icosahedron decorated with atoms in its centre and at its corners. It is also possible to find a hexagon around the central atom of an icosahedron. However, this hexagon is not lying ina plane as in the cases of the Cu‐, W‐ and Mg structure types but the atoms of the hexagon are arranged in a zig‐zag up‐ and downwards. (see pages 1105–1112). (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 2/2011

The cover picture shows rhombohedral monoclinic insulin crystals; interference contrasting. Objective 12.5x, magnification 20x. (see pages 119–126) (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 3/2011

The cover picture shows FESEM images of highly symmetric polyhedral microcrystals of cuprous oxide (Cu₂O) prepared by a low temperature hydrothermal reaction. (see pages 300–304) (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 5/2012

The cover picture shows doped europium tetrakis dibenzoylmethide triethylammonium crystals illuminated with: (left) Standard room light, and (right) Ultraviolet light. (see pages 573–578) (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Crystal Structure of 5,6‐Dinitrobenzimidazole.monohydrate

The title compound (C₇H₆N₄O₅) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with a=8.566(1) Å, b=14.493(3) Å, c=7.583(1) Å, β=87.75(1)°, V=940.7(3) ų, Z=4, D_x=1.597 g.cm^‐3. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full‐matrix least‐squares method (R=0.0696). The title compound consists of an imidazole ring with the two NO₂ groups and one water molecule. The short inter‐ molecular N‐H^…N [2.03(5) Å] and O_water‐H^…O [1.98(5) Å] hydrogen bonds are highly effective in holding the molecule in a stable state as a whole.     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 5/2009

The cover picture shows a secondary electron microscopy (SEM) image of a forsterite monocrystal grown by flux growth technique doped with Ni. (see pages 463 – 468). (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cover Picture: Cryst. Res. Technol. 9/2011

The cover picture shows a photograph of KDP crystals grown with various concentrations of WO₄². (see pages 939–943) (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)