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Radiation induced modification of impurity‐related point defects in crystalline quartz – a review
Author(s) -
Bahadur Harish
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.200510641
Subject(s) - impurity , quartz , crystallographic defect , alkali metal , radiation , proton , aluminium , materials science , point (geometry) , chemistry , mineralogy , crystallography , optics , physics , composite material , nuclear physics , organic chemistry , geometry , mathematics
This article presents a short review of impurity‐related point defects in crystalline quartz and their radiation induced modifications.In particular, a discussion has been presented on some of the prominent aluminum related alkali and proton compensated centers. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)