Funct. Mater. 2024; 31 (1): 5-8.

doi:https://doi.org/10.15407/fm31.01.5

About the distribution of structural defects in sapphire

L.Lytvynov

Institute for Single Crystals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60 Nauky Ave., 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine

Abstract: 

Using sapphire as an example, the distribution of structural defects in crystals grown by the most widely used methods today has been researched. Relationship between the length-to-diameter ratio and the distribution of defects in crystals is shown.

Keywords: 
growth method, dislocation, crystal, sapphire, grain boundaries, polygonization, crystallization front
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