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In-situ study of the crystallization dynamics of organic materials with harmonic light scattering.

We propose to study the crystallization dynamics of organic materials using harmonic light scattering. Harmonic light scattering is a combination of second-harmonic and third-harmonic light scattering, two nonlinear optical processes, that yield information on growth and symmetry of all intermediates during the crystallization process. Currently, no other accessible techniques are available to obtain this type of in-situ information. A first goal is to obtain a full insight into the crystallization dynamics by using an organic nonlinear optical molecule that crystallizes into different polymorphs. A second goal will be to rationally steer the crystallization process towards a given polymorph using the information we obtained from our dynamical crystallization study. Finally, we will investigate whether our insights are generalizable to other organic molecules.

Date:4 Aug 2020 →  Today
Keywords:Harmonic light scattering, Crystallization dynamics, Nonlinear optics
Disciplines:Nonlinear optics and spectroscopy
Project type:PhD project