Strain-relief by single dislocation loops in calcite crystals grown on self-assembled monolayers
Epitaxial crystal growth attracts significant interest. Here, the authors use Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging to demonstrate calcite crystal precipitation on self-assembled monolayers exhibiting single dislocation loops with different geometries to those generated in conventional epitaxial thin f...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Nature Portfolio
2016-06-01
|
Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11878 |