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Discover Ludwig"single crystal" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a material that has been grown as one large crystal, rather than many smaller crystals that have been fused together. For example, "This diamond is a single crystal, rather than a composite made from several smaller stones."
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single crystal
noun
A material formed from by the growth of a crystal nucleus without secondary nucleation or impingement on other crystals; a regular three-dimensional structure extends throughout the material
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single crystal.
c A single crystal.
A single crystal Cu-1wt.
VGF-GaAs single crystal growth.
b Te single crystal used for exfoliation.
This single crystal structure was determined using X-ray single crystal diffraction method.
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The unique feature of 1a·2EtOH is that it undergoes two 0D 0D single-crystal-to-single crystal (SCSC) transitions.
"Then we burned off the virus and were left with single-crystal semiconductor wires".
The SAED images show a single-crystal compound.
These sheets are single-crystal but extremely flexible.
This result also confirms the single-crystal structure of nanoplates.
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