On the thermal expansion of CdS by experiment and simulation by P. Vinotha Boorana Lakshmi and K. Ramachandran

Crystal Research and Technology

Cryst. Res. Technol. 41, 498 (2006) - Abstract -

On the thermal expansion of CdS by experiment and simulation

P. Vinotha Boorana Lakshmi and K. Ramachandran

School of Physics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625 021, India

Keywords	thermal expansion, molecular dynamics, cadmium sulphide, Tersoff potential, Fizeau’s experiment
PACS	87.64.Aa, 65.70.+y
DOI	10.1002/crat.200510612

Cadmium sulphide crystals (zinc blende) are grown by PVT technique and characterized for crystalline, optical and thermal properties. Thermal expansion is measured by Fizeau’s method and compared with the molecular dynamics simulation results as some anomalies are reported for thermal expansion in literature.

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