A Giant Reconstruction of α-quartz (0001) Interpreted as Three Domains of Nano Dauphine Twins

Silica (SiO(2)) is one of the most common materials on Earth. The crystalline form α-quartz is the stable silica polymorph at ambient conditions although metastable forms exist. α-quartz is a piezoelectric material, it can be produced artificially and is widely used for example in electronics and th...

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Autores principales: Eder, S. D., Fladischer, K., Yeandel, S. R., Lelarge, A., Parker, S. C., Søndergård, E., Holst, B.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4597188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26446516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14545
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author Eder, S. D.
Fladischer, K.
Yeandel, S. R.
Lelarge, A.
Parker, S. C.
Søndergård, E.
Holst, B.
author_facet Eder, S. D.
Fladischer, K.
Yeandel, S. R.
Lelarge, A.
Parker, S. C.
Søndergård, E.
Holst, B.
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description Silica (SiO(2)) is one of the most common materials on Earth. The crystalline form α-quartz is the stable silica polymorph at ambient conditions although metastable forms exist. α-quartz is a piezoelectric material, it can be produced artificially and is widely used for example in electronics and the biosciences. Despite the many application areas, the atomic surface structures of silica polymorphs are neither well understood nor well characterized. Here we present measurements of α-quartz (0001). Helium Atom Scattering combined with Atomic Force Microscopy reveals a giant reconstruction consisting of 5.55 ± 0.07 nm wide ribbons, oriented 10.4° ± 0.8° relative to the bulk unit cell. The ribbons, with the aid of atomistic modelling, can be explained as a self-organised pattern of nano Dauphine twins (nano electrical twins).
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spelling pubmed-45971882015-10-13 A Giant Reconstruction of α-quartz (0001) Interpreted as Three Domains of Nano Dauphine Twins Eder, S. D. Fladischer, K. Yeandel, S. R. Lelarge, A. Parker, S. C. Søndergård, E. Holst, B. Sci Rep Article Silica (SiO(2)) is one of the most common materials on Earth. The crystalline form α-quartz is the stable silica polymorph at ambient conditions although metastable forms exist. α-quartz is a piezoelectric material, it can be produced artificially and is widely used for example in electronics and the biosciences. Despite the many application areas, the atomic surface structures of silica polymorphs are neither well understood nor well characterized. Here we present measurements of α-quartz (0001). Helium Atom Scattering combined with Atomic Force Microscopy reveals a giant reconstruction consisting of 5.55 ± 0.07 nm wide ribbons, oriented 10.4° ± 0.8° relative to the bulk unit cell. The ribbons, with the aid of atomistic modelling, can be explained as a self-organised pattern of nano Dauphine twins (nano electrical twins). Nature Publishing Group 2015-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4597188/ /pubmed/26446516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14545 Text en Copyright © 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Holst, B.
A Giant Reconstruction of α-quartz (0001) Interpreted as Three Domains of Nano Dauphine Twins
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title_short A Giant Reconstruction of α-quartz (0001) Interpreted as Three Domains of Nano Dauphine Twins
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4597188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26446516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14545
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