Enhancement in crystalline perfection and optical properties of benzophenone single crystals: The remarkable effect of a liquid crystal

Journal of Applied Crystallography

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 839-845

  Kushwaha, S K ^a,b   Vijayan, N ^a   Maurya, K K ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Kumar, B ^b   Somayajulu, K ^c   Bhagavannarayana, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Czochralski technique; high resolution X ray diffractometry; liquid crystals; optical properties; rocking curves

Indexed keywords

BULK SINGLE CRYSTALS; CRYSTALLINE PERFECTION; CZOCHRALSKI TECHNIQUE; HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PURE CRYSTALS; ROCKING CURVES;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 79960636887     PISSN: 00218898     EISSN: 16005767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0021889811018966     Document Type: Article

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