Issue 8, 2024

Utilization of charged microdroplets for the controlled rapid synthesis of hollow sodium chloride single crystals

Abstract

Charged microdroplets are favored in microfluidic control, biomedicine, chemistry and materials processing due to their unique physicochemical environment, including interface double layers, high electric fields, surface concentration enrichment, and more. Herein, we investigated the crystallization of charged sodium chloride microdroplets and achieved the formation of hollow single crystals in a single-step process lasting only a few seconds, without the use of templates. Additionally, we discussed the plausible crystal growth mechanism, which appears to be an unconventional outward-inward growth process.

Graphical abstract: Utilization of charged microdroplets for the controlled rapid synthesis of hollow sodium chloride single crystals

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Nov. 2023
Accepted
14 Dec. 2023
First published
21 Dec. 2023

Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 980-983

Utilization of charged microdroplets for the controlled rapid synthesis of hollow sodium chloride single crystals

Y. Wang, J. Dong, X. Song, K. Luo, Z. Nan, F. R. Fan and Z. Tian, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 980 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05640F

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