Growth of high quality anthracene crystals by a simple solution technique

In recent years considerable effort has gone into the preparation and characterisation of high purity anthracene crystals, since anthracene is used as a model organic molecular crystal in studies of solid‐state properties. Studies of organic molecular crystals and their applications in optics and electronics have been increasing attractive interest. Several attempts have been made to grow single crystals of anthracene. This is the first attempt to grow high quality anthracene crystals by solution technique adopting slow evaporation method in different solvents like CS₂ and CCl₄. The harvested crystals were subjected to various characterization studies. The results of characterisation studies support the purity of solution grown anthracene crystals. The solubility of anthracene in various solvents like CS₂ and CCI₄ was determined. The crystals of anthracene were grown by systematic method of slow evaporation technique in various solvents. Different morphology is noted with varying solvents. The crystal was subjected to XRD studies, FTIR studies and thermal studies. © 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim