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Surface physics, thin films

Simulation of surface energies of sapphire crystals

S. I. Bakholdin, V. N. Maslov

Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg

Abstract: A new method for the express analysis of the sapphire lattice, which makes it possible to calculate surface energies of both rational directions and unfaceted surface, has been developed. The results of calculations have been compared with the experimental data on faceting the lateral surface of cylindrical sapphire single crystals grown by the Stepanov method.

Received: 10.11.2014
Accepted: 14.12.2014

 English version: Physics of the Solid State, 2015, 57:6, 1236–1243

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