Subscriber access provided by Northern Illinois University Article Formation of 2D Crystals with Square Lattice Structure from the Liquid State Vo Van Hoang, and Hieu Thanh Nguyen J Phys Chem C, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06704 • Publication Date (Web): 26 Jul 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on July 30, 2016 Just Accepted “Just Accepted” manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication They are posted online prior to technical editing, formatting for publication and author proofing The American Chemical Society provides “Just Accepted” as a free service to the research community to expedite the dissemination of scientific material as soon as possible after acceptance “Just Accepted” manuscripts appear in full in PDF format accompanied by an HTML abstract “Just Accepted” manuscripts have been fully peer reviewed, but should not be considered the official version of record They are accessible to all readers and citable by the Digital 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