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Nucleation kinetics and growth aspects of semi organic non‐linear optical bis thiourea cadmium acetate single crystals
Author(s) -
Sankar R.,
Raghavan C. M.,
Jayavel R.
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.200510696
Subject(s) - induction period , nucleation , thiourea , metastability , cadmium acetate , surface tension , kinetics , solubility , chemistry , aqueous solution , crystal growth , cadmium , single crystal , surface energy , inorganic chemistry , materials science , crystallography , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics
Nucleation parameters such as metastable zone width, induction period and interfacial energy have been determined for the aqueous solution growth of bis thiourea cadmium acetate (BTCA) single crystals. Solubility of BTCA has been determined for various temperatures. Metastable zone width and induction period values have been estimated in order to optimize the growth parameters. The interfacial tension values derived from experimentally determined induction period are found to be comparable with theoretical values. Bulk crystals of BTCA have been grown using the optimized growth parameters. The grown crystals have been subjected to structural, optical and mechanical property studies. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)