Dislocation-Driven Formation of Oriented Macroperiodic Metastructures of Curved Single Crystal Lattices in Glass.

ABSTRACT: Single crystals fabricated in glass by localized heating can develop uniquely deformed lattices stabilized by the surrounding amorphous medium. The development of lattice curvature appears to be intrinsic to the crystal growth process in some systems, while the result of the locally changing crystallography in others. In this work, a model laser-fabricated rotating lattice Sb₂S₃ crystal grown in stoichiometric glass is used to demonstrate fabrication of novel macroperiodic metastructures that utilize intrinsic lattice curvature superimposed with subtle crystallographic influences. The limited availability of slip systems drives the lattice curvature magnitude to vary with crystal growth direction, maximizing for lattices aligned with the predominant 1/2[100]${\mathrm{

SUBMITTER: Musterman EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11947992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature