Freezing the Nonclassical Crystal Growth of a Coordination Polymer Using Controlled Dynamic Gradients

Rubio?Martinez, Marta; Imaz, Inhar; Domingo, Neus; Abrishamkar, Afshin; Sotto Mayor, Tiago; Rossi, Ren�; Carbonell, Carlos; deMello, Andrew; Amabilino, David; Maspoch, Daniel; Puigmart�?Luis, Josep

Abstract

A methodology that can be efficiently used to synthesize, isolate, and study out‐of‐equilibrium crystal structures employing controlled and diffusion‐limited microfluidic environments is demonstrated. Unlike studies conducted with conventional mixing procedures in a flask, it is proven experimentally and with numerical simulations that microfluidic technologies can undoubtedly fine‐tune reaction times and reagents concentration profiles; factors that enable out‐of‐equilibrium crystal forms to be obtained.

Citation

Rubio‐Martinez, M., Imaz, I., Domingo, N., Abrishamkar, A., Sotto Mayor, T., Rossi, R., …Puigmartí‐Luis, J. (2016). Freezing the Nonclassical Crystal Growth of a Coordination Polymer Using Controlled Dynamic Gradients. Advanced Materials, 28(37), 8150-8155. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201506462

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 25, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 12, 2016
• Publication Date: Oct 5, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 25, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 1, 2020
• Journal: Advanced Materials
• Print ISSN: 0935-9648
• Electronic ISSN: 1521-4095
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 37
• Pages: 8150-8155
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201506462
• Keywords: coordination polymers, crystal growth, microfluidics, out-of-equilibrium structures
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1125985
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201506462
• PMID: 00038610
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Rubio‐Martinez, M., Imaz, I., Domingo, N., Abrishamkar, A., Mayor, T.S., Rossi, R.M., Carbonell, C., deMello, A.J., Amabilino, D.B., Maspoch, D. and Puigmartí‐Luis, J. (2016), Freezing the Nonclassical Crystal Growth of a Coordination Polymer Using Controlled Dynamic Gradients. Adv. Mater., 28: 8150-8155, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201506462. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.