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Dislocation networks

Shedding coherent light on defects

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With Bragg coherent diffractive imaging it is now possible to image the evolution of the entire dislocation network within a microcrystal during growth and dissolution.

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Figure 1: The effect of dislocations on crystal growth and dissolution.

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