Continuous 1D single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendrite
Abstract Continuous 1D growth of crystals is among one of the long-standing goals in material science. Classical generic methods for 1D crystal growth such as guided disposition restrict side growth by external bounding, and become difficult as the aspect ratio increases. Here, we find that continuo...
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| author | Quan Wan Maoqi Li Yuhao Zhou Meng Zhang Zongpu Xu Jie Wang Yajun Shuai Shuxu Yang Mingying Yang |
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| description | Abstract Continuous 1D growth of crystals is among one of the long-standing goals in material science. Classical generic methods for 1D crystal growth such as guided disposition restrict side growth by external bounding, and become difficult as the aspect ratio increases. Here, we find that continuous 1D growth of crystals can be achieved during dendrite formation, where the fractal dendrite crystal growth intrinsically restricts side broadening. We induce nanoparticle alignment in a solvent system with a polymer nanoparticle dispersion. This polymer additive further enabled an oriented aggregation mechanism during dendrite growth. The integration of these two mechanisms into the dendrite growth process regulates the dendrite shape. Such aggregated mono-crystalline dendrite branches can reach an ultra high aspect ratio (over 10000:1) with uniform diameter and orientation. We show an example application of such dendrite to prepare a high aspect ratio nanowire. This pathway may be extended for general 1D crystal growth system in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aaec557d21b84b0a8db44dade2b1a2c62025-01-26T12:43:38ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Materials2662-44432025-01-01611910.1038/s43246-025-00737-yContinuous 1D single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendriteQuan Wan0Maoqi Li1Yuhao Zhou2Meng Zhang3Zongpu Xu4Jie Wang5Yajun Shuai6Shuxu Yang7Mingying Yang8College of Animal Science, Zhejiang UniversityCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang UniversityCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang UniversityCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang UniversityCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang UniversityCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang UniversityCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang UniversitySir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang UniversityCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang UniversityAbstract Continuous 1D growth of crystals is among one of the long-standing goals in material science. Classical generic methods for 1D crystal growth such as guided disposition restrict side growth by external bounding, and become difficult as the aspect ratio increases. Here, we find that continuous 1D growth of crystals can be achieved during dendrite formation, where the fractal dendrite crystal growth intrinsically restricts side broadening. We induce nanoparticle alignment in a solvent system with a polymer nanoparticle dispersion. This polymer additive further enabled an oriented aggregation mechanism during dendrite growth. The integration of these two mechanisms into the dendrite growth process regulates the dendrite shape. Such aggregated mono-crystalline dendrite branches can reach an ultra high aspect ratio (over 10000:1) with uniform diameter and orientation. We show an example application of such dendrite to prepare a high aspect ratio nanowire. This pathway may be extended for general 1D crystal growth system in the future.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-025-00737-y |
| spellingShingle | Quan Wan Maoqi Li Yuhao Zhou Meng Zhang Zongpu Xu Jie Wang Yajun Shuai Shuxu Yang Mingying Yang Continuous 1D single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendrite Communications Materials |
| title | Continuous 1D single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendrite |
| title_full | Continuous 1D single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendrite |
| title_fullStr | Continuous 1D single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendrite |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuous 1D single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendrite |
| title_short | Continuous 1D single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendrite |
| title_sort | continuous 1d single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendrite |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-025-00737-y |
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