The Dimensionality Transition between Three-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Organic Microcrystals: Specific Symmetry and Selective Adhesion

ACS Omega. 2020 Feb 17;5(7):3749-3754. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03962. eCollection 2020 Feb 25.

Abstract

A three-dimensional-two-dimensional dimensionality transition of organic microcrystals was performed via elongated octahedrons, oblique octahedrons, diamond-like particles, and parallelograms using nonplanar 2,7-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)spiro[fluorene-9,9'-xanthene] molecules. The specific crystal symmetry and selective adhesion of P123 on the {11-1}s facet are supposed to induce the morphological transition.