IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy1656General SciencesSTUDIES ON GROWTH, MORPHOLOGY, SPECTRAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME DOPED L-ALANINE FAMILY OF SINGLE CRYSTALS SeethalakshmiK.PerumalS.SelvarajanP.15102012)5361This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Single crystals of L-alanine (LA), L-alanine doped with potassium chloride (LAPC) and L- alanine doped with potassium bromide (LAPB) have been grown from solution by slow evaporation technique at ambient temperature. The effects of dopants in the host L-alanine crystals have been investigated from growth, morphology, spectral and mechanical properties. Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) analysis was used to compare morphology of the grown crystals. The functional groups of the samples were identified by FTIR spectral analysis. The hardness of the crystals was found out by Vickers microhardness tester.

Characterization Slow Evaporation Single Crystal SEM analysis Vickers microhardness test.