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Twin walls and hierarchical mesoscopic structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

E. K. H. Salje*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK
U. Bismayer
Affiliation:
Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
S. A. Hayward
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Sevilla, PO Box 1065, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain
J. Novak
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
*

Abstract

Networks of interacting twin walls form hierarchical, mesoscopic structures in minerals. The typical thickness of transformation twins at TTC is ˜3 nm and increases at TTC as . The internal structure of twin walls is derived to be chiral in systems with coupled order parameters. The effect of wall bending is discussed.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2000

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