Document Type
Article
Date
10-2-2005
Language
English
Disciplines
Physics
Description/Abstract
We present an experimental system suitable for producing spherical crystals and for observing the distribution of lattice defects (disclinations and dislocations) on a significant fraction (50%) of the sphere. The introduction of fluorescently labeled particles enables us to determine the location and orientation of grain boundary scars. We find that the total number of scars and the number of excess dislocations per scar agree with theoretical predictions and that the geometrical centers of the scars are roughly positioned at the vertices of an icosahedron.
Recommended Citation
Bowick, Mark; Einert, Thomas; Lipowsky, Peter; Schilling, Jorg; and Bausch, Andreas R., "Grain Boundary Scars on Spherical Crystals" (2005). Physics - All Scholarship. 150.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/150
Source
Harvested from Arxiv.org
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Additional Information
12 pages, 4 Figs, pdf format (typo in title fixed). Revised for greater clarity More information at http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506741