快速生长KDP晶体表面的光学显微实时观察

设计了一套溶液降温法晶体生长显微实时观察装置,对快速生长KDP晶体{101}和{100}表面形貌的演化过程进行了实时观测分析.测量了晶体表面生长层切向生长速度随溶液过饱和度的变化曲线,并利用台阶生长动力学方程计算了相关动力学参数.进行了Fe3+掺杂实验,结果表明Fe3+的存在会影响到不同晶面上生长层的动力学系数,从而改变KDP晶体表面生长层的切向生长速度.     

硫酸盐对KDP晶体完整性的影响

本文利用高分辨X射线衍射技术,在"点籽晶"陕速生长法基础上,研究了掺杂K2SO4对KDP晶体锥面及柱面扇形结构完整性的影响.结果表明,在5×10-5的掺杂条件下,K2SO4对KDP晶体不同扇形区域的影响略有不同,其原因主要在于[SO42-]与KDP晶体各扇形相互作用不同有关.     

利用全息相衬干涉显微术研究EDTA对KDP晶体生长习性的影响

利用全息相衬干涉显微术(HPCIM)研究了EDTA对KDP晶体(100)柱面和(101)锥面生长习性的影响.通过界面边界层宽度的变化,可以直观地观测到在溶液中添加少量的EDTA后,促使KDP晶体沿柱面和锥面的生长,特别是对柱面的影响更为显著,并对此作了解释.最佳的EDTA浓度范围有待于进一步研究.     

点状籽晶法生长KDP晶体中散射颗粒分布

在不同的溶液pH值条件下进行了点状籽晶法慢速和快速生长KDP晶体实验,发展了观察晶体中散射颗粒分布的激光层析技术,通过图像处理得到了KDP晶体内部(100)面完整的散射颗粒分部图,对不同生长速度、不同pH值条件下点状籽晶法生长的KDP晶体的散射颗粒分部做了对比.利用表面光学投影技术观察了晶体表面宏观形貌,并由此分析了不同生长条件下生长机制对散射颗粒分布的影响.测定了散射颗粒密度不同部位的晶体透过率.     

KDP/DKDP晶体生长的研究进展

采用传统降温法,KDP晶体的生长速度一般在1～2 mm/d,DKDP晶体的生长速度甚至更慢,并且晶体的恢复区域较大,利用率低;而采用快速生长法,晶体的生长速度可以提高到20～50 mm/d,并且晶体的恢复区域小,利用率高.本文回顾了KDP/DKDP晶体生长的研究进展.并重点评述了KDP/DKDP晶体快速生长的研究进展,报道了近年来大尺寸、高质量KDP晶体的研究动态.     

快速生长大尺寸KDP单晶

用传统降温法生长了大尺寸KDP单晶,生长速度一般在1～2 mm/d,周期长,风险大.本文采用"点籽晶"快速生长法多次成功生长出了200 mm级的大尺寸KDP单晶,晶体生长速度达到20 mm/d,晶体生长正常.同时,摇摆曲线表明快速生长的晶体有着很好的结构完整性.     

过饱和度对KDP晶体生长与光学性能的影响研究

在不同过饱和度的溶液中生长了KDP晶体,对生长晶体的透过率,光散射和激光损伤阈值进行了表征.研究了不同过饱和度对KDP晶体生长及光学性能的影响.实验表明:KDP晶体可以在高过饱和度(σ＞3;)溶液中实现快速生长,生长速度可大于10 mm/d;但随着溶液过饱和度的增加,KDP晶体生长溶液的稳定性降低,晶体容易出现包藏、开裂和添晶等缺陷,晶体的光学性能也随之降低.     

pH值对KDP晶体位错结构的影响

在一定的过饱和度下,分别用点状和片状籽晶在不同pH值溶液中生长出了KDP晶体.利用化学腐蚀法对KDP晶体的不同晶面进行了腐蚀,得到了清晰的位错蚀坑.应用光学显微镜对位错蚀坑的分布特点和密度做了观察分析,发现很多位错蚀坑成线状排布.pH值对KDP晶体位错密度有较大影响,低pH值条件下生长出的晶体位错密度较大.测试了KDP晶体样本的透过率,结果表明位错密度对KDP晶体的透过率没有明显的影响.     

K_(1-x)(NH_4)_xHV_2PO_4混晶的籽晶法生长与结构表征

在KDP为主的不同配比混合溶液中,以KDP为籽晶利用溶液降温法生长出了KADP混合晶体。研究了ADP晶体的浓度对所生长的KADP晶体的影响,并采用XRD和FT-IR对KADP晶体进行了表征。实验发现,随着生长溶液中ADP浓度的增加,KDP籽晶的成锥区越来越长,KADP晶体的Z向生长速度明显减小,KADP晶体晶胞参数c增加,而a基本没有变化。用KDP籽晶生长出KADP透明单晶时,混合溶液中ADP晶体的最大浓度约为8mol%。     

溶液降温法快速生长KDP晶体的新装置

利用溶液降温法分别在锥形底生长装置和传统晶体生长装置中进行了KDP晶体点状籽晶法快速生长实验,对KDP晶体的生长条件进行了对比,分析了不同生长装置对KDP溶液稳定性的影响,利用扫描电镜观察了KDP晶体中的包裹体,测定了晶体的透过率,对比分析了锥形瓶快速生长装置的优越性.     

Relationship of Morphological Types of Dynamic Forms of Crystals

Crystallography Reports - The relationship of morphological spectra (sets of data on the morphological types of real polyhedral crystals and their probabilities under current physicochemical...     

Development of Pauling's concepts of geometric characteristics of atoms

The evolution of the geometric characteristics introduced by Pauling and their dependence on the specific features of the structure and chemical bonds have been considered. The values of the covalent and van der Waals radii are given as well as their relationships and mutual transitions.     

A review of measurement of thermophysical properties of silicon melt

Measurements of thermophysical properties of Si melt and supplementary study of X-ray scattering/diffraction by the authors' group were reviewed. The values obtained differed variously from those of literature. Density was 2–3% larger, surface tension 20–30% smaller, viscosity up to 40% larger, electrical conductivity 8% smaller, spectral emissivity more or less in good agreement with literature values, and thermal diffusivity a few percent larger. An anomalous density jump was found near the melting point. Surface tension and viscosity also showed anomaly. A strange time-dependent change of density was observed over 3 h after melting. X-ray analyses suggested a slight change in local atom ordering, but showed no sign of cluster formation. An addition of 0.1 at% gallium caused the density jump to disappear, while that of boron caused no change. An EXAFS study of the former melt indicated a strong interaction between Ga and Si atoms as if molecules of GaSi₃ existed. The implications of the measured properties are a possibility of soft-turbulence in an Si melt in a relatively large crucible, a more complicated manner of intake of oxygen depleted molten Si from the free surface region to underneath the growing crystal, and a relaxation of the melt after melting arising from trapped gas species.     

Generation of crystal structures of heteromolecular compounds by the method of discrete modeling of packings

Within the method of discrete modeling of packings, an algorithm of generation of possible crystal structures of heteromolecular compounds containing two or three molecules in the primitive unit cell, one of which has an arbitrary shape and the other (two others) has a shape close to spherical, is proposed. On the basis of this algorithm, a software package for personal computers is developed. This package has been approved for a number of compounds, investigated previously by X-ray diffraction analysis. The results of generation of structures of five compounds—four organic salts (with one or two spherical anions) and one solvate—are represented.     

Investigation of the Mechanism of Influence of Stress Corrosion on the Development of Macroplastic Instabilities of Aluminum–Magnesium Alloy

Crystallography Reports - Macroscopic jumps of plastic deformation (few percent in amplitude) on creep curves of aluminum–magnesium alloy, caused by a local effect of concentrated solution of...     

Comparative analysis of two methods of calculation of the orientation of domain walls in ferroelastics

Two types of domain-wall equations are analyzed: the equations derived by the Sapriel method and the equations obtained by interface matching of the thermal-expansion tensor. It is shown that, for W-type domain walls, these methods yield the same equations. For W′-type domain walls, the equations obtained by different methods coincide for proper ferroelastics and differ for improper ferroelastics.     

Dependence of the parameters of equations of viscous flow on chemical composition of silicate melts

The temperature dependence of viscosity of silicate melts is discussed in the framework of the Avramov–Milchev (AM) equation. The composition is described by means of two parameters: the molar fraction, x, and the “lubricant fraction”, l. The molar fraction is the sum of the molar parts x_i of all oxides dissolved in SiO₂, the molar fraction of the latter being 1 ? x. It is shown that, with sufficient precision, two of the parameters of the AM equation can be presented as unique functions of the molar fraction. On the other hand, x is not sufficient to determine properly the reference temperature T_r , at which viscosity is η_r = 10¹³ [dPa.s]. Therefore, additional parameter, “lubricant fraction” l, is introduced. For each of the components, l_i is a product of molar part x_i and a specific dimensionless coefficient 0 ≤ k_i ≤ 1 accounting for the specific contribution of this component to the increased mobility of the system. It is demonstrated that, for l > 0, the reference temperature is related to the “lubricant fraction” l through the reference temperature T_r,SiO2 of pure SiO₂.     

Mechanism of thermal expansion of structural modifications of zinc pyrovanadate

Crystal chemical characteristics of the α and β modifications of Zn₂V₂O₇ are calculated based on in situ high-temperature X-ray measurements. The expansion of the structure is found to be strongly anisotropic up to the negative volumetric thermal expansion of the α-Zn₂V₂O₇ unit cell in the temperature range of 300–600°С, α _V =–17.94 × 10^–6 1/K. The transformations of the “hard” and “soft” sublattices with an increase temperature and at the phase transition are considered in detail. It is shown that the negative volumetric thermal expansion of α-Zn₂V₂O₇ is due to the degeneracy of the zigzag-like shape of zinc–oxygen columns at constant distances between their vertices.     

A SAXS study of kinetics of aggregation of silica sols

SAXS in situ experiments on the evolution of TMOS solutions during hydrolysis and polycondensation lead to power laws with scaling exponents ≈ 2. It is suggested that this could be the result of the polydispersity of the samples and that only an apparent fractal dimension can be obtained in this way. Kinetic studies tend to indicate that agglomeration in the sol is the result of a diffusion-controlled process.