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Xiuqing Gong1, Yun-Wei Wang1, Johannes Ihli1
1School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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Abstract:
A "crystal hotel" microfluidic device that allows crystal growth in confined volumes to be studied in situ is used to produce large calcite single crystals with predefined crystallographic orientation, microstructure, and shape by control of the detailed physical environment, flow, and surface chemistry. This general approach can be extended to form technologically important, nanopatterned single crystals.
