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Crystallographic assembly of macroscopic crystals by subparallel splicing of multiple seeds. / Thomas, Victor G.; Daneu, Nina; Rečnik, Aleksander et al.
In: Crystal Growth and Design, Vol. 17, No. 2, 01.02.2017, p. 763-773.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Crystallographic assembly of macroscopic crystals by subparallel splicing of multiple seeds
AU - Thomas, Victor G.
AU - Daneu, Nina
AU - Rečnik, Aleksander
AU - Fursenko, Dmitry A.
AU - Demin, Sergey P.
AU - Belinsky, Svjatoslav P.
AU - Gavryushkin, Pavel N.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - The potential possibility of intergrowth of two bulk crystals to single crystal was demonstrated on the example of beryl, Be3Al2Si6O18, growing under hydrothermal conditions. The result has practical importance because it allows increase of the yield of useful product on a single growth cycle. The fine structure and composition of the area adjacent to the splicing boundary was investigated. It was demonstrated that the influence of the intergrowth border of two crystals spliced in parallel is entirely analogous to the affect of a twin boundary. This analogy extends as well on the specific morphology of the growth front generated by the boundary as on the growth velocity of the surfaces adjacent to the boundary that is increasing 3-10 times. In addition we show that the spliced crystals tend to align near single crystal orientation. The assumption on the nature of the driving forces of such impact was made. We also suggest assumptions about the nature of these orientational forces.
AB - The potential possibility of intergrowth of two bulk crystals to single crystal was demonstrated on the example of beryl, Be3Al2Si6O18, growing under hydrothermal conditions. The result has practical importance because it allows increase of the yield of useful product on a single growth cycle. The fine structure and composition of the area adjacent to the splicing boundary was investigated. It was demonstrated that the influence of the intergrowth border of two crystals spliced in parallel is entirely analogous to the affect of a twin boundary. This analogy extends as well on the specific morphology of the growth front generated by the boundary as on the growth velocity of the surfaces adjacent to the boundary that is increasing 3-10 times. In addition we show that the spliced crystals tend to align near single crystal orientation. The assumption on the nature of the driving forces of such impact was made. We also suggest assumptions about the nature of these orientational forces.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011333431&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01616
DO - 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01616
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011333431
VL - 17
SP - 763
EP - 773
JO - Crystal Growth and Design
JF - Crystal Growth and Design
SN - 1528-7483
IS - 2
ER -
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