Science news articles about 'crystal planes'

... crystal can and cannot have just based on what we call its symmetry--the number and arrangement of crystal planes it has. Symmetry results from the way the atoms are arranged in the quartz," he said. ...

... manner. Very soon, however, the crack sped up and began to break bonds on different crystal planes, causing it to diverge from its initial direction. For both of these instabilities, the simulation ...

... (EBSD), deduces underlying stress by observing the patterns of electrons scattered back from the crystal planes. The other, confocal Raman microscopy (CRM), measures minute shifts in the frequency of ...

... (just under an inch). Each one is individually measured and certified by NIST for the spacing and angles of the crystal planes of silicon atoms in the base crystal. X-ray diffraction works by sending ...

... in response to the application of epitaxial strain -compression in the direction of its crystal planes. "We have demonstrated that epitaxial strain can be used to create a large piezoelectric ...