The VO2 polymorphs, i.e., VO2(A), VO2(B), VO2(M1) and VO2(R), have a wide spectrum of functionalities useful for many potential applications in information and energy technologies. However, synthesis of phase pure materials, especially in thin film forms, has been a challenging task due to the fact that the VO2 polymorphs are closely related to each other in a thermodynamic framework. Here, we ...

Organic molecules, such as pharmaceuticals, agro-chemicals and pigments, frequently form several crystal polymorphs with different physicochemical properties. Finding polymorphs has long been a purely experimental game of trial-and-error. Here we utilize in silico polymorph screening in combination with rationally planned crystallization experiments to study the polymorphism of the pharmaceutic...

Single crystal X-ray structures of two polymorphs of (2-fluoro-3-pyridyl)(2,2'-biphenyl)borinic 8-oxyquinolinate: orthorhombic (space group Pca21), and triclinic (space group P1̄) have been established and analysed. A fast rate of crystallization results in the orthorhombic polymorph, whereas slow crystallization gives the triclinic polymorph. Physicochemical and theoretical results prove that b...

The high-pressure polymorphs of CuI have attracted much attention due to the somewhat contradictory identification of their structures by means of x-ray diffraction measurements and theoretical calculations. In this paper, we report the results of a theoretical investigation of polymorphs of CuI including zinc-blende, rhombohedral, tetragonal, rocksalt and orthorhombic phases. We find that CuI...

The discovery and phase transition studies of four polymorphs of 2-(phenylamino)nicotinic acid are described in this report. The four polymorphs were crystallized from solution under different conditions. All polymorphs differ in the degree of conjugation of the two aromatic rings and thus are of conformational polymorphism. Three of the four modifications have more than one conformer in the as...

The landscape of possible polymorphs for some metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can pose a challenge controlling the outcome their syntheses. Demonstrated here is use template to control in vapor-assisted formation zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) powders and thin films. Introducing small amount either ethanol or dimethylformamide vapor during reaction between ZnO 4,5-dichloroimidazole result...

Alzheimer's disease is associated with the aggregation into amyloid fibrils of Aβ(1-42) and Aβ(1-40) peptides. Interestingly, these fibrils often do not obtain one single structure but rather show different morphologies, so-called polymorphs. Here, we compare quenched hydrogen-deuterium (H/D) exchange of a disease-relevant Aβ(1-42) fibril for which the 3D structure has been determined by solid-...

The inflammatory destruction of cartilage in rat adjuvant arthritis has been studied by histochemistry and autoradiography. Naphthol-AS-D-chloroacetate esterase has been used as a marker for polymorphs. The evidence presented here shows that polymorphs accumulate at the cartilage-pannus border and in areas of cartilage loss. These cells appear therefore to be of decisive importance for the dest...

In acute nephrotoxic nephritis, polymorphonuclear leukocytes (polymorphs) accumulated in large numbers in the glomeruli in the first 12 hours. The endothelial cells were dislodged by the polymorphs which then came to lie immediately adjacent to the glomerular basement membranes. Ultrastructural changes in neither polymorphs nor basement membranes were observed. Depletion of polymorphs in both r...