(a) Microscopic image and schematic representation of crystal polymorphs obtained via heteroepitaxial growth (α-phase: green; β-phase: red). Polystyrene particles with a diameter of 860 nm were used ...
Abstract: Quartz crystals are mechanical resonators with piezoelectric properties. The piezoelectric properties (electric potential across the crystal is proportional to mechanical deformation) allow ...
Researchers explored a colloidal crystal model to produce specific polymorphs, required for use in materials science and pharmaceuticals. Polymorphs are not mythical, chimeric beasts -- they are ...