Crystallographic defect
DISRUPTION OF THE PERIODICITY OF A CRYSTAL LATTICE
Crystallographic defects; Crystal defect; Lattice defect; Defect structure; Defect Structure; Line defect; Crystal defects; Point defect; Planar defect; Antisite; Defect structures; Computer simulations of crystallographic defects; Substitutional defect; Antisite defect
Crystallographic defects are interruptions of regular patterns in crystalline solids. They are common because positions of atoms or molecules at repeating fixed distances determined by the unit cell parameters in crystals, which exhibit a periodic crystal structure, are usually imperfect.