lattice constant

collocation in English

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lattice
noun[C]
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/ˈlæt.ɪs/us
/ˈlæt̬.ɪs/
a structure made from strips of wood or other material that cross over each other with ...
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constant
noun[C]
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/ˈkɒn.stənt/us
/ˈkɑːn.stənt/
a particular number or amount that ...
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(Definition oflatticeandconstantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the outer edge of the shell, the shell atoms will relax towards their equilibriumlatticeconstant, lowering the strain energy density.
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A crystal of bulk silicon has alatticeconstantof 0.543 nm, so such transistors are on the order of 100 atoms across.
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Itslatticeconstantis 0.61034 nm, allowing it to be grown with or on aluminium antimonide, gallium antimonide, indium arsenide, and lead selenide.
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Thelatticeconstantof nickel hydride is 3.731, which is 5.7% more than that of nickel.
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From this, we see that thelatticeconstantwould be 584 pm.
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In epitaxial growth, thelatticeconstantis a measure of the structural compatibility between different materials.
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An alternative method is to grade thelatticeconstantfrom one value to another by a controlled altering of the alloy ratio during film growth.
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One practical application of elastic neutron scattering/diffraction is that thelatticeconstantof metals and other crystalline materials can be very accurately measured.
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Conversely, compressive strain could be induced by using a solid solution with a smallerlatticeconstant, such as silicon-carbon.
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It is a crystalline solid with thelatticeconstantof 0.5615 nm.
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Near the crystal's surface,latticeconstantis affected by the surface reconstruction that results in a deviation from its mean value.
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Above this concentration the second phase appears with alatticeconstantof 4.025.
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By alloying multiple compounds, some semiconductor materials are tunable, e.g., in band gap orlatticeconstant.
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The presence of five elements in the alloy allows extra degrees of freedom, making it possible to fix thelatticeconstantwhile varying the bandgap.
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Together with an accurately aligned micropositioner a map of thelatticeconstantthrough the metal can be derived.
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In core-shell epitaxial growth, strain is induced by mismatch between the lattice constants in the core and those in the shell.
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Tensile strain is induced in the silicon as the lattice of the silicon layer is stretched to mimic the largerlatticeconstantof the underlying silicon-germanium.
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Itslatticeconstantis roughly 6.3.
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A lattice remains unchanged only when we displace it by a particular distance (integer times oflatticeconstant), so a crystal has only "discrete translation symmetry".
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For the geometry, we use a simple cubic lattice, with different equilibrium lattice constants for the core and shell materials.
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