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Growth Actuated Bending and Twisting of Single Crystals
Author(s) -
Shtukenberg Alexander G.,
Punin Yurii O.,
Gujral Ankit,
Kahr Bart
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201301223
Subject(s) - crystallite , nanometre , bending , materials science , crystal (programming language) , crystallography , polymer , chemical physics , single crystal , nanotechnology , composite material , chemistry , computer science , programming language
Crystals of a variety of substances including elements, minerals, simple salts, organic molecular crystals, and high polymers forgo long‐range translational order by twisting and bending as they grow. These deviations have been observed in crystals ranging in size from nanometers to centimeters. How and why so many materials choose dramatic non‐crystallographic distortions is analyzed, with an emphasis on crystal chemistries that give rise to stresses operating either on surfaces of crystallites or within the bulk.