Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2009-11-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
11 pages, 24 figures, Phys. Rev. E, in Press
Scientific paper
We present an experimental study of thin-sample directional solidification (T-DS) in impure biphenyl. The plate-like growth shape of the monoclinic biphenyl crystals includes two low-mobility (001) facets and four high-mobility {110} facets. Upon T-DS, biphenyl plates oriented with (001) facets parallel to the sample plane can exhibit either a strong growth-induced plastic deformation (GID), or deformation-free weakly faceted (WF) growth patterns. We determine the respective conditions of appearance of these phenomena. GID is shown to be a long-range thermal-stress effect, which disappears when the growth front has a cellular structure. An early triggering of the cellular instability allowed us to avoid GID and study the dynamics of WF patterns as a function of the orientation of the crystal.
Akamatsu Silvère
Borzsonyi Tamas
Faivre Gabriel
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