テンプレートを導入したフラックス法による無機結晶の形状制御育成

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  Shape controls of primary and secondary particles, which mean the design of crystals, including atomic building, shape control, particle connection, and crystal alignment, is one of dominant factors to determine functional abilities of materials, since the material performances do not only depend on chemical compositions and structures, but also crystallographic characteristics. For improvements of advanced materials use, development of innovative morphologic-control techniques should be an important issue. We have studied crystal growths by using flux method, which is liquid-phase growth technique, to provide high crystalline, unconventional shape of functional materials. As one of strategic application of flux method for shape control, we introduced template-mediated flux crystal growths, which exhibit unique shapes in terms of their primary and secondary appearances.