Growing molecular crystals on inorganic crystals: Polar structure induced by noncentrosymmetric templates

Abstract

(Figure Presented) Like promotes like: The templating effect of inorganic crystals is exploited to promote the growth of the polar structure of a molecular crystal of a dipolar zinc(II) complex (see picture). It is likely that the polar nature of the noncentrosymmetric template crystal lattice, and its associated electrostatic field, facilitates the oriented assembly of the dipolar molecules. © 2008 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.