Ihli, J, Clark, JN, Côté, AS et al. (9 more authors) (2016) Strain-relief by single dislocation loops in calcite crystals grown on self-assembled monolayers. Nature Communications, 7. 11878.
Abstract
Most of our knowledge of dislocation-mediated stress relaxation during epitaxial crystal growth comes from the study of inorganic heterostructures. Here we use Bragg coherent diffraction imaging to investigate a contrasting system, the epitaxial growth of calcite (CaCO3) crystals on organic self-assembled monolayers, where these are widely used as a model for biomineralization processes. The calcite crystals are imaged to simultaneously visualize the crystal morphology and internal strain fields. Our data reveal that each crystal possesses a single dislocation loop that occupies a common position in every crystal. The loops exhibit entirely different geometries to misfit dislocations generated in conventional epitaxial thin films and are suggested to form in response to the stress field, arising from interfacial defects and the nanoscale roughness of the substrate. This work provides unique insight into how self-assembled monolayers control the growth of inorganic crystals and demonstrates important differences as compared with inorganic substrates.
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Keywords: | Chemical sciences; Inorganic chemistry; Materials science; Physical chemistry |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemistry (Leeds) > Inorganic Chemistry (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2016 11:46 |
Last Modified: | 24 May 2017 09:59 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11878 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/ncomms11878 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:99556 |