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The fault structure of MCT crystals was studied by means of X-ray topography and transmission electron microscopy. Subgrain boundaries were revealed and identified by both techniques, and their tilt angle was calculated to be of the order of 10-3 rad. The dislocations which form the subgrain boundaries were identified by TEM to have Burger‘s vectors parallel to the <110> directions. Twins in large numbers were observed by TEM. The twins were identified to have a {111} habit plane.
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Mirsky, U., Shechtman, D. Transmission electron microscopy and x-ray topography study of mercury-cadmium-telluride. J. Electron. Mater. 9, 933–943 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02822727
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