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Tips and traps on crystal twinning: how to fully describe your twin
Author(s) -
Nespolo Massimo
Publication year - 2015
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.201400422
Subject(s) - crystal twinning , characterization (materials science) , series (stratigraphy) , materials science , crystallography , nanotechnology , chemistry , geology , microstructure , paleontology
A series of guidelines (tips) to provide a satisfactory characterization of a twinned sample is provided, and a series of traps to avoid is pointed out. The fundamental concepts and definitions are summarized, which represent the minimal theoretical background behind these guidelines.