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Metal-organic-hybrid bulk chain-like, block, tubular, and plate crystals have been synthesized by a wet chemical method. Single crystal X-ray diffraction and TEM reveal that all the nano-structures are associated with their crystal motifs, which provide a successful and effective access to assemble controlled specific nano-structures from bulk crystal of which the motifs are much desired.
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Lu, X.M., Shi, X.D., Bi, Y.G. et al. The motifs of crystals and their nano-aggregates. Appl. Phys. A 103, 551–554 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-6185-z
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