Growth of fractal crystals in amorphous GeSe2 films

Gy Radnoczi; T. Vicsek; L. M. Sander; D. Grier

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.35.4012

Growth of fractal crystals in amorphous GeSe2 films

Gy Radnoczi, T. Vicsek, L. M. Sander, D. Grier

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We present the first study of fractal growth in a solid-solid phase transition. A highly ramified, randomly branched crystalline phase was obtained by heating thin amorphous GeSe2 films. Our result for the fractal dimension of the above structure, D 1.7, is in agreement with that of two-dimensional diffusion-limited aggregates. Possible mechanisms resulting in fractal growth are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4012-4015
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review A
Volume	35
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.35.4012
State	Published - 1987

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