Collection of artificially grown crystals

This collection of crystals has been selected by the IUCr Commission on Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials as examples of high-quality crystals grown artificially. If you would like to add your examples, please use the submission form.

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Cholesterol crystal

 

BHAGAT ABHIJEET CHAKRAPANI

Co-crystal of glycine with glutaric acid For more details, please, see E.A.Losev, B.A.Zakharov, T.N.Drebushchak, E.V.Boldyreva, Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.C:Cryst.Struct.Commun. (2011), 67, o297

 

Evgeniy Losev

BPTI (Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor) BPTI (Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor) single crystals grown in a localized DC electric field (0.7V-1µA)

 

veesler

aluminum tungstate aluminum tungstate Al2(WO4)3 by the Czochralski method from nonstoichiometric melt (WO3 reach) at pulling rate 0.14mm/h

 

Antoni Dabkowski

lithium chloride monohydrate dendritic growth of LiCl•H2O from aqueous solution - shearing interference microscope image

 

Leonard J. Soltzberg

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