MICROFACETING IN DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION

Authors
CAMEL D PAPOULAR M
Citation
D. Camel et M. Papoular, MICROFACETING IN DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION, Solid state communications, 89(2), 1994, pp. 117-118
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Solid state communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00381098
Volume
89
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
117 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-1098(1994)89:2<117:MIDS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
When a thick impurity atom, like Sr, sticks to the solidification fron t, the latter tends to acquire a sawtooth profile in order to optimall y accommodate the absorbed monolayer. The effect is briefly described on thermodynamic and crystallographic grounds.