title: Growth and characterization of KDP crystals doped with L-aspartic acid.
abstract: Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate (KDP) doped with L-aspartic acid has been grown by solvent slow evaporation technique from a mixture of aqueous solution of KDP and 0.7% of L-aspartic acid at room temperature. The grown crystals were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, UV-visible, FTIR analysis. The doping of aspartic acid was confirmed by FTIR spectrum. The Nonlinear optical property (SHG) of L-aspartic acid doped KDP has been confirmed. Microhardness studies were carried out on the grown crystal.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, SKP Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai 606 611, India. vcp_krish@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajasekaran
authors.forename: Bincy Susan
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Samuel
mesh_terms: D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D006244:Hardness; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010710:Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011208:Powders; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared; D014732:Vibration; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D011208:Powders; D001224:Aspartic Acid; C013216:potassium phosphate