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Effect of ampoule support on the growth of organic benzimidazole single crystals by vertical Bridgman technique for nonlinear optical applications
- Source :
- CrystEngComm. 18:4844-4850
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2016.
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Abstract
- Benzimidazole single crystals were grown using a vertical Bridgman technique with modified ampoule design. The thermal fluctuations during the melt were effectively controlled by the glass ampoule support which was filled with alumina wool in order to maintain a proper temperature gradient throughout the growth process. The unit cell dimensions of the grown crystals were assessed using powder X-ray diffraction technique. Comparative analyses have been carried out for both the crystals which were grown using a conventional ampoule and using the ampoule with support, via high resolution X-ray diffraction and it was found that there was a significant enhancement in crystalline perfection for the crystal which was grown using the ampoule with support. Further, optical transmission and photoluminescence studies on the grown crystals were carried out using UV-vis and photoluminescence spectroscopy and it was observed that there was a noticeable variation in the optical transmission and luminescence results.
- Subjects :
- Diffraction
Photoluminescence
Materials science
Analytical chemistry
Thermal fluctuations
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
Ampoule
0104 chemical sciences
Crystal
Temperature gradient
Crystallography
General Materials Science
0210 nano-technology
Spectroscopy
Luminescence
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14668033
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- CrystEngComm
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........13a333aa8ab3db98addf66ab35501450