title: Gibbs-Curie-Wulff Theorem in Organic Materials: A Case Study on the Relationship between Surface Energy and Crystal Growth.
abstract: The equilibrium crystal shape and shape evolution of organic crystals are found to follow the Gibbs-Curie-Wulff theorem. Organic crystals are grown by the physical vapor transport technique and exhibit exactly the same shape as predicted by the Gibbs-Curie-Wulff theorem under optimal conditions. This accordance provides concrete proof for the theorem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, China.
authors.forename: Rongjin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, China.
authors.forename: Xiaotao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Huanli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
authors.forename: Qikai
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shuai
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, China.|Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Wenping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
keywords: crystal growth; equilibrium crystal shapes; organic materials; organic single crystals; surface energy