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Microtopographical investigations on flux grown ErFeO3 crystal surfaces

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Surface structures on {100} surfaces of flux grown ErFeO3 crystals have been studied, using high precision optical techniques. They include elliptically shaped growth hillocks, tiny mole hills, growth pyramids, attached microcrystals, triangular, rectangular and polygonal cavities, cracks, tilted portions and misfit boundaries. The observations indicate that micronuclei may form in the crucibles or at the surfaces of growing ErFeO3 crystals by crystallization from flux. Misfit boundaries, tilted portions, microcrystals and cracks are found to act as preferential sites for the nucleation of centres of growth.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Jammu, 180001, Jammu, India

    P. N. Kotru & S. C. Goswami

  2. Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    B. M. Wanklyn

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Kotru, P.N., Goswami, S.C. & Wanklyn, B.M. Microtopographical investigations on flux grown ErFeO3 crystal surfaces. J Mater Sci 18, 3729–3735 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540746

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