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On the inapplicability of the layer‐transposition mechanism to polytype formation in ZnS
Author(s) -
Kalman Z. H.,
Kiflawi I.,
Steinberger I. T.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s002188987300871x
Subject(s) - stacking , transposition (logic) , phase (matter) , layer (electronics) , crystallography , mechanism (biology) , materials science , chemical physics , condensed matter physics , chemistry , molecular physics , nanotechnology , geometry , physics , mathematics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
The frequency distribution of the relative lengths of cubic stacking sequences in vapour‐phase‐grown ZnS polytypes is presented. It is shown that this distribution conflicts with the correlation between atomic structures and stacking‐fault energy expected on the assumption of a layer‐transposition mechanism for polytype formation.