January Crystal Clear: Strontium sulphate stars

This month’s Crystal Clear is a strontium sulphate nano-star, made by a two step growth process from SrCrO4 nanowires in a solution of Na2SO4 at room temperature.

Liang Zhen and colleagues at Harbin Institute of Technology, China published this work in Issue 3 of CrystEngComm

Synthesis and formation process of SrSO4 sisal-like hierarchical structures at room temperature
Wen-Shou Wang, Liang Zhen, Cheng-Yan Xu and Wen-Zhu Shao
CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 620-625
DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00062K, Paper

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