On the role of surface energy in the flattening of a crystal face

• Authors: Christo Nanev
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The question addressed in this paper is the flattening of the valley separating two growth hillocks emanating from screw dislocations during crystal growth. It is argued that both thermodynamic and kinetic effects contribute to this result, at least on a quasi-atomic scale. If performed under low enough supersaturation the growth leads to the formation of the face morphology corresponding to the minimum of the surface free energy. Accelerated step annihilation in the valley floor is a universal factor, which favors face flatting under any supersaturation.

Keywords

EN

Face morphology; flat crystal faces; surface energy reasons; kinetic factors

• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 188-197

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2005

online

1 - 3 - 2005

Contributors

author

Christo Nanev

• Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria,

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/BF02476249