Rfp. Grimbergen et al., MORPHOLOGY OF ORTHORHOMBIC N-PARAFFIN CRYSTALS - THE INFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE CONNECTED NETS, Journal of crystal growth, 191(4), 1998, pp. 846-860
The morphology of orthorhombic paraffin crystals is predicted on the b
asis of a complete connected net analysis. Many facet orientations (h
k l) contain multiple connected nets. The connected nets found are cat
egorized in terms of symmetry relations and the physical implications
of the presence of multiple connected nets are discussed. From the ana
lysis of step energies it can be concluded that at low supersaturation
the growth morphology is bounded by {0 0 1}, {1 0 0}, (1 1 1} and {0
1 0} faces, whereas at higher supersaturations the {0 0 1}, {1 1 1}, {
1 1 0}and {0 1 0} faces are present. The predicted morphologies differ
from the conventional prediction based on the attachment energy. (C)
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