A comparative study on solution- and Bridgman-grown single crystals of benzimidazole by high-resolution X-ray diffractometry, fourier transform infrared, microhardness, laser damage threshold, and second-harmonic generation measurements

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1542-1546

  Vijayan, N ^a   Bhagavannarayana, G ^a   Babu, R Ramesh ^b   Gopalakrishnan, R ^b   Maurya, K K ^a   Ramasamy, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 33745697772     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg060002g     Document Type: Article

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