This technology comprises methods and reaction systems that are adapted for forming crystallites with novel crystal habits and/or morphologies when compared to conventional crystallites of the same chemical composition.
The methods and reaction systems involve chemical reactions between at least two reactant compounds occurring in a liquid (or gel) that form insoluble crystallite products. At least one of the reactants is rendered soluble, in a solvent in which the reactant is not normally soluble, by adding an agent and the reactant. The complexing agent not only facilitates dissolution of the reactant in the solvent but also plays a role in how the faces of crystals comprising the crystallite product are enlarged during formation. Products having such altered crystallite structure have a number of possible uses
U.S Patents No. 5,545,394, 5,853,691, 5,853,686