Dendritic structures on habit faces of potassium titanyl phosphate crystals grown from flux

Dhanaraj, G and Bhat, HL (1990) Dendritic structures on habit faces of potassium titanyl phosphate crystals grown from flux. In: Materials Letters, 10 (6). pp. 283-287.

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Abstract

The effect of cooling rate on the surface structure of habit faces of $KTiOPO_4$ crystals grown from potassium phosphate flux is reported. Different dendritic structures have been observed on the habit faces, the complexity of which depended on cooling rates. Step patterns observed on (100) faces indicate that these crystals grow predominantly by two-dimensional layer growth mechanism. The study on the effect of crucible size on the surface structures reveal that, under similar growth conditions, the smaller crucibles yield better crystals with less dendritic density.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Materials Letters
Publisher:	Elsevier Science B.V.
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science B.V.
Keywords:	Dendritic structure;potassium titanyl phosphate crystal;potassium phosphate flux
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	18 Dec 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:41
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/12533

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