Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Electrical and mechanical properties of vapour grown gallium monotelluride crystals Subject The topic of the resource electrical conductivity; gallium monotelluride; microhardness; physical vapour deposition; spherulites; whiskers Description An account of the resource The physical vapour deposition (PVD) of gallium monotelluride (GaTe) in different crystalline habits was established in the growth ampoule, strongly depending on the temperature gradient. Proper control on the temperatures of source and growth zones in an indigenously fabricated dual zone furnace could yield the crystals in the form of whiskers and spherulites. Optical and electron microscopic images were examined to predict the growth mechanism of morphologies. The structural parameters of the grown spherulites were determined by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The stoichiometric composition of these crystals was confirmed using energy dispersive analysis by X-rays (EDAX). The type and nature of electrical conductivity were identified by the conventional hot probe and two probe methods, respectively. The mechanical parameters, such as Vickers microhardness, work hardening index, and yield strength, were deduced from microindentation measurements. The results show that the vapour grown p-GaTe crystals exhibit novel physical properties, which make them suitable for device applications. 2013 University of Science and Technology Beijing and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Reshmi P.M.; Kunjomana A.G.; Chandrasekharan K.A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, Vol-20, No. 10, pp. 967-971. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Science and Technology Beijing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-013-0822-4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-013-0822-4</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84887922871&amp;doi=10.1007%2Fs12613-013-0822-4&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e2b386ce2f8aa24b0c70aca4970cb23b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84887922871&amp;doi=10.1007%2fs12613-013-0822-4&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e2b386ce2f8aa24b0c70aca4970cb23b</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 16744799 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Reshmi P.M., Crystal Research Centre, Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 560 029, India; Kunjomana A.G., Crystal Research Centre, Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 560 029, India; Chandrasekharan K.A., Crystal Research Centre, Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 560 029, India