“THE SHAPES OF CRYSTALS are controlled by a combination of energetic and kinetic factors. The equilibrium shape is that which minimizes the total surface free energy of the crystal, which is in turn the sum of the individual products of surface area times interfacial energy. Thus low energy faces are preferentially expressed.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022