Reversible solid-to-liquid phase transition offers new way to synthesize crystals
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 09:40
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —The simple acts of heating and cooling affect different substances in different ways: some substances may change phase from solid to liquid to gas, while others may irreversibly break down when heat is applied. In a new study, scientists have investigated how changes in temperature affect a class of inorganic-organic hybrid crystals called coordination polymers (CPs), and show that, for some of them, the reversible solid-to-liquid phase transition can serve as an alternative way to synthesize and process these valuable materials.