Nucleation kinetics and growth aspects of semi organic non-linear optical bis thiourea cadmium acetate single crystals

摘要

Nucleation parameters such as metastable zone width, induction period and interfacial energy have been determined for the aqueous solution growth of his thiourea cadmium acetate (BTCA) single crystals. Solubility of BTCA has been determined for various temperatures. Metastable zone width and induction period values have been estimated in order to optimize the growth parameters. The interfacial tension values derived from experimentally determined induction period are found to be comparable with theoretical values. Bulk crystals of BTCA have been grown using the optimized growth parameters. The gown crystals have been subjected to structural, optical and mechanical property studies. (C) 2006 WILEYNCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.