Growth and characterization of unidirectional benzil single crystal for photonic applications

Unidirectional growth of organic single crystals of naphthalene, anthracene and pyrene by isothermal expansion of supercritical CO2

“…54,55 This would have huge societal impact in terms of its cost and availability as the modern era is foreseeing high demand of such organic crystals in the forthcoming advanced digital gadgets. 1…”

“…4 The ability to grow unidirectional large single crystals is one of the essential criteria to satisfy the needs of science and technology. 1,5 In academia, single crystals are unavoidably considered as one of the fundamental requirements 6 to reveal the absolute molecular arrangements. 7 However, the solvent diffusion and vapor deposition methodologies that are commonly used have genuine drawbacks, like solvent usage, solvent inclusion, uncertainty in getting perfect crystals, grain boundaries etc.…”

Crystal Growth by Unidirectional Method ‐ A Generalized View on the Crystalline Perfection of the Uni‐Indexed, Bi‐Indexed, and Tri‐Indexed Plane Single Crystals

“…Benzophenone (110) was the first crystal grown by the SR method [ 7 ] and from thereon, numerous researchers have reported their respective crystal growth findings and the functional properties of the grown crystals. [ 8–29 ] For example, Balamurugan et al. have reported the crystal growth of KDP by the SR method along the uni‐indexed plane of (200) and obtained good crystalline perfection [ 8 ] that are also reflected in the crystals of L‐alaninium p‐toluenesulfonate (010), [ 9 ] Triglycine sulfate (001), [ 10 ] triglycine sulfate (010), [ 11 ] Sodium sulfanilate dehydrate (001), [ 12 ] Methyl 2‐amino‐5‐bromobenzoate (001), [ 13 ] ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (200), [ 14 ] benzophenone (100), [ 15 ] benzil (100), [ 16 ] nickel sulfate hexahydrate (004), [ 17 ] and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (100), [ 18 ] D‐π‐A type 2‐amino‐ 5‐nitropyridinium dihydrogen phosphate (001), [ 19 ] Imidazolium L‐Tartrate (010), [ 20 ] strontium bis (hydrogen L‐malate) hexahydrate (010), [ 21 ] sulfamic acid (100), [ 22 ] L‐alaninium p‐toluenesulfonate (010), [ 23 ] and Triglycine calcium dibromide (001).…”

“…[ 8–29 ] For example, Balamurugan et al. have reported the crystal growth of KDP by the SR method along the uni‐indexed plane of (200) and obtained good crystalline perfection [ 8 ] that are also reflected in the crystals of L‐alaninium p‐toluenesulfonate (010), [ 9 ] Triglycine sulfate (001), [ 10 ] triglycine sulfate (010), [ 11 ] Sodium sulfanilate dehydrate (001), [ 12 ] Methyl 2‐amino‐5‐bromobenzoate (001), [ 13 ] ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (200), [ 14 ] benzophenone (100), [ 15 ] benzil (100), [ 16 ] nickel sulfate hexahydrate (004), [ 17 ] and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (100), [ 18 ] D‐π‐A type 2‐amino‐ 5‐nitropyridinium dihydrogen phosphate (001), [ 19 ] Imidazolium L‐Tartrate (010), [ 20 ] strontium bis (hydrogen L‐malate) hexahydrate (010), [ 21 ] sulfamic acid (100), [ 22 ] L‐alaninium p‐toluenesulfonate (010), [ 23 ] and Triglycine calcium dibromide (001). [ 24 ] Comparatively low number of bi‐indexed crystals were grown by the SR method and they are benzophenone (110) [ 7 ] 1,3,5‐triphenylbenzene (011) [ 25 ] l‐Glutamic acid hydrobromide, [ 26 ] 4‐hydroxy l‐proline (110) [ 27 ] t‐stilbene, [ 28 ] ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (101), [ 29 ] and potassium dihydrogen phosphate (101).…”

Detailed quantum mechanical, molecular docking, QSAR prediction, photovoltaic light harvesting efficiency analysis of benzil and its halogenated analogues

“…Elmaci et al [3] have studied the synthesis and DFT studies of benzilmonohydrazone based Schiff bases. Benzil single crystal growth and characterization is reported in literature [4]. Many benzyl derivatives have shown excellent nonlinear optical properties and dielectric properties [5].…”