Single-crystal organic semiconductors represent perfect systems not only for studying basic science associated with transport of polaronic charge carriers but also for investigating the upper limits of mobilities in thin-film organic devices for flexible displays and other emerging electronic applications. The field-effect transistor provides an important tool to explore the transport of field-...

Electron microscope and electron diffraction studies of developing embryonic bovine enamel have revealed the organization of the organic matrix and the inorganic crystals. The most recently deposited inorganic crystals located at the ameloblast-enamel junction are thin plates, approximately 1300 A long, 400 A wide, and 19 A thick. During maturation of the enamel, crystal growth occurs primarily...

It has long been recognized that a suite of proteins exists in coral skeletons that is critical for the oriented precipitation of calcium carbonate crystals, yet these proteins remain poorly characterized. Using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of proteins extracted from the cell-free skeleton of the hermatypic coral, Stylophora pistillata, combined with a draft genome as...

We use a layered solution crystal growth method to synthesize high-quality single crystals of two different benzylammonium lead iodide perovskite-like organic/inorganic hybrids. The well-known (C6H5CH2NH3)2PbI4 phase is obtained in the form of bright orange platelets, with a structure comprised of single ⟨100⟩-terminated sheets of corner-sharing PbI6 octahedra separated by bilayers of the organ...