American Association for Crystal Growth
American Association for Crystal Growth
American Association for Crystal Growth
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EDITOR<br />
Candace Lynch<br />
Photonic Products Group, Inc.<br />
clynch@ppgioptics.com<br />
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AACG newsletter<br />
AACG OFFICERS<br />
ADVERTISING EDITOR<br />
David Bliss<br />
Air Force Research Laboratory<br />
david.bliss@hanscom.af.mil<br />
781-377-4841<br />
CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Thomas F. Kuech<br />
Kenneth A. Jackson<br />
Michael Snure<br />
John Parisis<br />
Glen Kowach<br />
Volume 36, Issue 1 Spring 2011<br />
5 President’s Corner<br />
11 Obituary of Kurt Nassau – by Kenneth A.<br />
Jackson<br />
15 Observations on Chemical Aspects to<br />
Epitaxial <strong>Crystal</strong> <strong>Growth</strong> (and a Bit of<br />
History) – by Thomas F. Kuech<br />
20 ACCGE-17 Photo Contest Winners<br />
On the cover:<br />
Spiraling pine tree-like lead sulfide (PbS) nanowires<br />
are evidence of an entirely different way of growing<br />
the nanowires. Unlike the common nanowire growth<br />
mechanisms with the help of metal catalysts, the rapid<br />
elongation of the nanowire tree trunks is driven<br />
by an axial screw dislocation, which also causes the<br />
lattice of the nanowire trunks to twist (called “Eshelby<br />
Twist”) as they grow and causes their epitaxial<br />
branches to spiral. See more details in “Dislocation<br />
Driven Nanowire <strong>Growth</strong> and Eshelby Twist” Science<br />
320, 1060 (2008).<br />
Photographer: Song Jin, Department of Chemistry,<br />
University of Wisconsin-Madison.<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
Jeff Derby<br />
University of Minnesota<br />
VICE PRESIDENT<br />
Marek Skowronski<br />
Carnegie Mellon University<br />
TREASURER<br />
Dave Vanderwater<br />
Philips-Lumileds Lighting<br />
SECRETARY<br />
Joan Redwing<br />
Pennsylvania State University<br />
SECTION PRESIDENTS<br />
WEST<br />
Edith Bourret-Courchesne<br />
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory<br />
MID-ATLANTIC<br />
Glen Kowach<br />
The City University of New York<br />
CAPITAL<br />
Ronald G. Rosemeier<br />
Brimrose<br />
NEW ENGLAND<br />
David Bliss<br />
Air Force Research Laboratory<br />
AACG EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR<br />
Shoshana Nash<br />
6986 S. Wadsworth Court, Littleton, CO 80128<br />
303-539-6907 and 888-506-1271 (toll-free)<br />
303-482-2775 (fax)<br />
AACG@comcast.net<br />
AACG Newsletter Spring 2011 3
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