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Theoretical Approach of Crystal and Film Growths of Materials Used in Medical Imaging System

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Mankind from the prehistoric age has admired crystals. However, the significance of that beauty for the engineers and the scientists is on the basis of structural symmetry, simplicity, and purity. These characteristics endow crystals with unique physical and chemical properties, which have been used to cause a major transformation of the electronic industry. The systematic growth of synthetic crystals might be viewed as an art rather than science and has been described by some experts in this field as a new agriculture. The list of the synthetic crystals grown in the laboratory is far from exhaustive, but it shows how several old substances develop unique properties when they have the form of crystals. Figure 6.1 shows the many facets cut in a synthetic diamond crystal—a highly refractive, colorless crystalline allotrope of carbon.

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Gupta, T.K. (2013). Theoretical Approach of Crystal and Film Growths of Materials Used in Medical Imaging System. In: Radiation, Ionization, and Detection in Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34076-5_6

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