几种极性有机晶体的生长习性与形成机理 2: 分子堆积、界面结构与晶体的习性

极性有机晶体在不同的溶剂中具有明显不同的生长习性, 主要有两个方面的原因: 一是极性有机晶体属非中心对称性晶类, 晶体具有极轴, 极轴的存在对分子堆积和晶体生长具有重要影响; 另一是极性有机晶体的界面结构不同, 溶剂与晶体界面的相互作用不同, 使得晶体同一面族的生长速率不同, 从而导致了晶体习性的改变。本文从几种典型极性有机晶体的分子排列和结构特征出发, 着重探讨了极性有机晶体的界面结构的差异对晶体习性的影响; 结合晶体生长界面与溶剂分子的相互作用进一步理解了晶体生长的溶剂效应; 通过理解极性有机晶体的习性机制, 探讨了晶体实际形态的控制。     

几种极性有机晶体的生长习性与形成机理Ⅱ.分子堆积、界面结构与晶体的习性

极性有机晶体在不同的溶剂中具有明显不同的生长习性,主要有两个方面的原因:一是极性有机晶体属非中心对称性晶类,晶体具有极轴,极轴的存在对分子堆积和晶体生长具有重要影响;另一是极性有机晶体的界面结构不同,溶剂与晶体界面的相互作用不同,使得晶体同一面族的生长速率不同,从而导致了晶体习性的改变.本文从几种典型极性有机晶体的分子排列和结构特征出发,着重探讨了极性有机晶体的界面结构的差异对晶体习性的影响;结合晶体生长界面与溶剂分子的相互作用进一步理解了晶体生长的溶剂效应;通过理解极性有机晶体的习性机制,探讨了晶体实际形态的控制.     

几种极性有机晶体的生长习性与形成机理 2: 分子堆积、界面结构与晶体的习性

极性有机晶体在不同的溶剂中具有明显不同的生长习性, 主要有两个方面的原因: 一是极性有机晶体属非中心对称性晶类, 晶体具有极轴, 极轴的存在对分子堆积和晶体生长具有重要影响; 另一是极性有机晶体的界面结构不同, 溶剂与晶体界面的相互作用不同, 使得晶体同一面族的生长速率不同, 从而导致了晶体习性的改变。本文从几种典型极性有机晶体的分子排列和结构特征出发, 着重探讨了极性有机晶体的界面结构的差异对晶体习性的影响; 结合晶体生长界面与溶剂分子的相互作用进一步理解了晶体生长的溶剂效应; 通过理解极性有机晶体的习性机制, 探讨了晶体实际形态的控制。     

在热液条件下晶体的生长基元与晶体形成机理

本文通过电泳实验研究了热液条件下,水晶(SiO_2)、钛酸钡(BaTiO_3)晶体生长基元与晶体形成机理。提出晶体生长基元具有负离子配位多面体结构,与晶体中负离子配位结构相当。根据负离子多面体往晶体各族晶面上叠合的难易程度,解释了晶体结晶形貌与物理、化学条件之间的关系。随着生长条件的变化生长基元的维度也有所不同,不同维度的生长基元往各族晶面上的叠合速率发生相应改变,从而解释了晶体形貌的多变性。     

极性晶体结晶习性的形成机理

将负离子配位多面体生长基元模型应用于对极性晶体结晶习性的研究。从结晶化学角度探讨了晶体中负离子配位多面体的结晶方位与晶体各族晶面显露规律，提出负离子配位多面体在晶体各族晶面上联结的稳定性决定了晶面的生长速率。在不同的生长温度和溶液碱浓度下，负离子配住多面体相互联结构成不同维度的生长基元，而不同维度的生长基元往晶体各族晶面上叠合的速率比例是在变化的，这是导致晶体结晶形态多变性的主要原因。同时提出：如果把PBC模型中的化学键链设定为配位多面体相联结的键链，使得极性晶体结晶习性中难以解释的问题就会迎刃而解，从而使PBC理论模型的应用会得到更进一步的拓宽。     

β-BBO晶体的结晶习性与形成机理

从结晶化学角度出发,研究了β-BBO结构中的基本结构单元,[B_3O_6]~(3-)环状络阴离子的结晶方位与晶体各族晶面的对应关系,根据Na_2O-BaB_2O_4溶液结构的测定资料,提出β-BBO晶体生长基元的结构形式和生长基元往各族晶面上叠合的规律。讨论了β-BBO晶体结晶习性的形成机制。由于物理化学条件的不同,生长基元的维度也不相同,而不同维度的生长基元往晶体各族晶面上的叠合速率比也会发生相应的变化,这是导致晶体形貌上形成多变性的原因。     

紫外倍频晶体硫氰酸汞镉的生长习性与形成机理研究

从结晶化学角度出发,研究了硫氰酸汞镉(简写为CMTC〕结构是的基本结构单无即H~gS~4和CdN~4R的结晶方位与晶体各簇晶面间的对应关系。在对CMTC的生长溶液结构测定和推理基础上,提出该晶体生长基元的结构形式和生长基元向各簇晶面上堆积的规律。进而讨论了该晶体生长习性的形成机理。实验表明,CMTC的生长溶液中存在着与晶体结构是相同的基团即阴离子多面体生长基元。随着生长条件和变化,生长基元的维度有所不同,不同维度的生长基元往各簇晶面上堆积速率也发生相应改变,从则解释了CMTC的生长习性和晶体形貌的多变性。     

铅基复合钙钛矿型弛豫铁电单晶的生长基元与生长机理Ⅰ.PMNT单晶的表面形貌、负晶结构及生长基元的组装与拆分

铅基复合钙钛矿型弛豫铁电单晶体PMNT的生长基元为多种[BO_6]配位八面体,晶体生长过程可视为多种八面体基元与Pb~(2 )的组装过程.这些生长基元向{111}面叠合时易采取法向生长机制,向{001}面叠合时易采取层状生长机制,由此决定了晶体生长速度的各向异性与晶体的形貌.Bridgman法生长的PMNT晶体在生长过程中由内向生长机制形成规则的负晶结构;在晶体生长过程中,在其自然表面上可形成正形与负形两种形貌;在高温退火过程中,由于PbO的分解,晶体表面上可形成类似“蚀象”的构型,这些可从[BO_6]八面体生长基元的组装或拆分方面获得解释.     

铅基复合钙钛矿型弛豫铁电单晶的生长基元与生长机理1: PMNT单晶的表面形貌 、负晶结构及生长基元的组装与拆分

铅基复合钙钛矿型弛豫铁电单晶体PMNT的生长基元为多种[BO~6]配位八面体,晶体生长过程可视为多种八面体基元与Pb^2^+的组装过程。这些生长基元向{111}面叠合时易采取法向生长机制,向{001}面叠合时易采取层状生长机制,由此决定了晶体生长速度的各向异性与晶体的形貌。Bridgman法生长的PMNT晶体在生长过程中由内向生长机制形成规则的负晶结构;在晶体生长过程中,在其自然表面上可形成正形与负形两种形貌;在高温退火过程中,由于PbO的分解,晶体表面上可形成类似"蚀象"的构型,这些可从[BO~6]八面体生长基元的组装或拆分方面获得解释。     

铅基复合钙钛矿型弛豫铁电单晶的生长基元与生长机理1: PMNT单晶的表面形貌 、负晶结构及生长基元的组装与拆分

铅基复合钙钛矿型弛豫铁电单晶体PMNT的生长基元为多种[BO~6]配位八面体,晶体生长过程可视为多种八面体基元与Pb^2^+的组装过程。这些生长基元向{111}面叠合时易采取法向生长机制,向{001}面叠合时易采取层状生长机制,由此决定了晶体生长速度的各向异性与晶体的形貌。Bridgman法生长的PMNT晶体在生长过程中由内向生长机制形成规则的负晶结构;在晶体生长过程中,在其自然表面上可形成正形与负形两种形貌;在高温退火过程中,由于PbO的分解,晶体表面上可形成类似"蚀象"的构型,这些可从[BO~6]八面体生长基元的组装或拆分方面获得解释。     

Solvent effects on the electronic spectral characteristics of carbazone

The electronic spectra of carbazone in a number of organic solvents of different properties have been examined. It is deduced that in dilute solutions of basic solvents, carbazone (H₂L) exists in acid—base equilibrium (H₂L ⇋ HL⁻ + H⁺). The proportional concentration of the base form (HL⁻) in a medium is largely dependent on the carbazone concentration, basicity of the organic solvent and the tendency of stabilization of the HL⁻ form through H-bond interaction with protic solvent molecules. The observed absorption bands belonging to absorption of both H₂L and HL⁻ forms are assigned to a transition involving the whole solute associated with intramolecular CT transition. The longer wavelength band appearing in the spectra of the H₂L form in the weak basic solvents (acetonitrile, acetone, dioxane and CCl₄) is suggested to be due to absorption of the solvated polar complex resulting from interaction of solvent polarity with the polar solute carbonyl group.     

An amphiphilic molecular basket sensitive to both solvent changes and UV irradiation

A molecular basket was obtained by linking four cholate units to a cone-shaped calix[4]arene scaffold through azobenzene spacers. The molecule turns its polar faces inward in nonpolar solvents to bind polar molecules such as sugar derivatives. In polar solvents, the nonpolar faces turn inward, allowing the binding of hydrophobic guests such as pyrene. The molecule can also respond to UV irradiation by trans-cis isomerization of the azobenzene spacers. Response toward both solvents and UV light is fully reversible.     

Structural and magnetic modulation of a purely organic open framework by selective guest inclusion

Solvent inclusion/evacuation caused variations in the structural and magnetic characteristics of the purely organic porous magnet based on the tricarboxylic-substituted PTMTC radical. Whereas no inclusion is observed for nonpolar solvents, the exposure of crystals of the alpha-phase of PTMTC to vapors of polar organic solvents with hydrogen acceptor and/or donor functionalities, such as, ethanol, benzoic alcohol, n-decanol, THF, and DMSO results in the inclusion of these solvents in the highly polar tubular channels of the alpha-phase. The resulting inclusion compounds of formula PTMTC.x(guest) show several structural rearrangements, as confirmed by IR and XRPD (X-ray powder diffraction) measurements. The crystal transformations have been studied for a specific case: the PTMTC.EtOH adduct. The crystal structure reveals that included guest solvent molecules participate in the formation of new hydrogen bonds with the carboxylic groups of PTMTC radicals, inducing the disruption of several direct hydrogen bonds among these radicals. As expected, the interruption of direct hydrogen bonds between PTMTC radicals induces large transformations in the magnetic properties. From the ferromagnetic behavior of the alpha-phase, predominant antiferromagnetic interactions are observed for the inclusion adducts. Interestingly, both structural and magnetic changes are reversible after removal of guest solvent molecules.     

Preferential solvation within hydrophilic nanocavities and its effect on the folding of cholate foldamers

The conformations of three cholate foldamers and one molecular basket were studied by fluorescence and NMR spectroscopy. In nonpolar solvents (e.g., hexane/ethyl acetate or ethyl acetate) mixed with a small amount of a polar solvent (e.g., alcohol or DMSO), the cholate oligomer folded into a helix with the hydrophilic faces of the cholates turned inward. Folding created a hydrophilic nanocavity preferentially solvated by the entrapped polar solvent concentrated from the bulk. This microphase separation of the polar solvent was critical to the folding process. Folding was favored by larger-sized polar solvent molecules, as fewer such molecules could occupy and solvate the nanocavity, thus requiring a smaller extent of phase separation during folding. Folding was also favored by smaller/acyclic nonpolar solvent molecules, probably because they could avoid contact with the OH/NH groups within the nanocavity better than larger/cyclic nonpolar solvent molecules.     

Solvent-induced amphiphilic molecular baskets: unimolecular reversed micelles with different size, shape, and flexibility

Amphiphilic molecular baskets were obtained by attaching facially amphiphilic cholate groups to a covalent scaffold (calix[4]arene or 1,3,5-2,4,6-hexasubstituted benzene). In a solvent mixture consisting of mostly a nonpolar solvent (i.e., CCl4) and a polar solvent (i.e., DMSO), the hydrophilic faces of cholates turned inward to form a reversed-micelle-like conformer whose stability was strongly influenced by the number of the cholates and the topology of the scaffold. Preferential solvation of the hydrophilic faces of cholates within the molecule by the polar solvent was cooperative and gave the fundamental driving force to the conformational change. The reversed-micelle-like conformer was most stable in structures that allowed multiple cholates to form a microenvironment that could efficiently enrich the polar solvent molecules from the bulk solvent mixture.     

Colloidal crystallization of colloidal silica modified with ferrocenyl group-contained polymers in organic solvents

Surface modification of colloidal silica with ferrocenyl-grafted polymer and colloidal crystallization of the particles in organic solvent were studied. Poly(methyl methacrylate-co-vinylferrocene)-grafted silica never formed colloidal crystals in polar solvent, such as acetone, acetonitrile, ethanol and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), while poly(methyl methacrylate-co-ferrocenyl acrylate)-grafted silica gave colloidal crystallization in DMF. The particles prepared by grafting of poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide-co-vinylferrocene), with vinylferrocene (Vfc) mole fraction of 1/13 and 1/23, were observed to give the crystallization in ethanol and DMF over particle volume fraction of 0.058. Further, silica modified with copolymer of Vfc and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, N-vinylcarbazole or N-isopropylacrylamide formed colloidal crystals in ethanol and DMF. Especially, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-Vfc)-grafted silica, which was composed of the highest mole fraction of vinylferrocene, 1/3, afforded colloidal crystallization in ethanol over particle volume fraction of 0.053. Relatively high polar vinylferrocene copolymer grafting of silica resulted in colloidal polymerization in organic solvents.     

Removal of Nitrobenzene,Isophorone, 2,6-Dinitrotoluene and 2,4-Dinitrotoluene from Aqueous Solution by Solvent Sublation

Nitrobenzene, isophorone, 2,6-dinitrotoluene and 2,4-dinitrotoluene were removed from aqueous solution by solvent sublation. The separation efficiencies of three solvents (4-methyl-2-pentanone, 1-octanol and paraffin oil) as the overlaying layer were compared. The rate of separation of these organic pollutants by solvent sublation depends strongly on the size of air bubbles, which is affected by the overlaying solvent, and concentrations of sodium dodecyl sulfate (NDS), inorganic and polar organic solute.     

Influence of solute-solvent coordination on the orientational relaxation of ion assemblies in polar solvents

We have investigated the rotational dynamics of lithium thiocyanate (LiNCS) dissolved in various polar solvents with time and polarization resolved vibrational spectroscopy. LiNCS forms multiple distinct ionic structures in solution that can be distinguished with the CN stretch vibrational frequency of the different ionic assemblies. By varying the solvent and the LiNCS concentration, the number and type of ionic structures present in solution can be controlled. Control of the ionic structure provides control over the volume, shape, and dipole moment of the solute, critical parameters for hydrodynamic and dielectric continuum models of friction. The use of solutes with sizes comparable to or smaller than the solvent molecules also helps amplify the sensitivity of the measurement to the short-ranged solute-solvent interaction. The measured orientational relaxation dynamics show many clear and distinct deviations from simple hydrodynamic behavior. All ionic structures in all solvents exhibit multi-exponential relaxation dynamics that do not scale with the solute volume. For Lewis base solvents such as benzonitrile, dimethyl carbonate, and ethyl acetate, the observed dynamics strongly show the effect of solute-solvent complex formation. For the weak Lewis base solvent nitromethane, we see no evidence for solute-solvent complex formation, but still see strong deviation from the predictions of simple hydrodynamic theory.     

Micropatterning of semicrystalline poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) solutions

Micropatterning of a semicrystalline poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) solution was performed by a temperature controlled capillary micromolding where the rate of solvent evaporation was controlled by substrate temperature. In order to choose proper solvents for micropatterning, we have investigated the solubility of PVDF in various organic solvents and crystal structures of the PVDF bulk films cast from the solvents. The films prepared from the polar solvents such as dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) dominantly showed γ type crystals regardless of preparation temperature, while the films from tetrahydrofuran (THF) exhibit α type crystals and the ones from acetone and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) show the characteristics of both α- and γ-PVDF. The quality of micropatterns and shapes of the PVDF crystals in the patterns significantly depend on solvent evaporation rates. Micropatterns of PVDF formed in DMF at 120 °C showed the best uniformity in shape. Crystals of the PVDF nucleated at the center regions of microchannels tended to be elongated with the b-axis of γ-PVDF crystals along the channels as the concentration of the solution decreased. In contrast, crystals nucleated at the corner regions of the channels had their b-axis oriented perpendicular to the channels. In line patterns with the width of 2 μm, the corner nucleated crystals were dominant and a resulting bamboo-like crystalline microstructure was observed in which the b-axis of γ-PVDF crystals, fast growth direction, is oriented normal to the microchannels. The crystal structures of the bulk films and the micropatterns were characterized by X-ray diffractometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscope in Attenuated Total Reflection mode, Polarized Optical and Scanning Electron Microscope.