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A speculation concerning the origin of long-range crystallographic order in polytypic and related crystals

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It is suggested that long-range crystallographic order may be mediated by acoustic vibrations which have their origin in thermoacoustic phenomena and on which structural details exert a filter effect.

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Kettle, S.F.A. A speculation concerning the origin of long-range crystallographic order in polytypic and related crystals. Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research 20, 59–67 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01181676

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