在螺旋状的hippuric酸晶体生长过程中可逆扭曲
Alexander G Shtukenberg1, John Freudenthal, Bart Kahr
1Crystallography Department, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb., 7/9, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia. shtukenberg@mail.ru
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 22, 2010
概括
希普酸的宏观晶体在生长过程中表现出可逆的扭转和解,这是由动态弹性应力驱动的现象,最终塑造了晶体形态.
科学领域:
- 晶体学 晶体学是指结晶学.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 固态物理 固态物理
背景情况:
- 晶体生长通常涉及有序增加单位,假设固定方向.
- 以前的晶体形态模型没有完全解释生长过程中动态的,可逆的形状变化.
研究的目的:
- 在生长过程中研究和证明宏观的hippuric acid晶体中的可逆扭曲和解扭曲.
- 为了建立观察到的晶体光学特性和动态生长过程之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 在地观测低冷融体中的希普酸晶体生长.
- 使用穆勒矩阵显微镜测量晶光特性.
- 分析弹性应力及其在形态变化中的作用.
主要成果:
- 希普酸晶体在生长过程中在延长轴上呈现可逆扭曲和解扭曲.
- 由弹性应力驱动的扭转和解之间的动态相互作用决定了最终的晶体形态.
- 测量的光学特性与增长前端的光学指示器的螺旋旋转相关.
结论:
- 可逆扭曲和解扭曲是宏观晶体形态学的重要因素,挑战了传统的生长模型.
- 这些发现为各种具有螺旋结构的分子和矿物晶体提供了新的机制理解.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索解开现有的权力法关系对螺旋晶体生长的影响.
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