Nucleation kinetics, growth and studies of l-alanine cadmium chloride (lacc) crystals doped with glycine

Undoped and glycine-doped L-alanine cadmium chloride (LACC) crystals were grown by slow evaporation technique. Solubility was measured for the samples at different temperatures from 30 oC to 50 oC. Nucleation kinetic studies were performed at different supersaturation ratio to understand the nucleation processes that are taking place in the aqueous solutions of the samples. XRD studies have been carried out to identify the crystal structure. UV-visible transmittance and microhardness were measured to find the suitability of the grown crystals for device fabrication. SHG efficiency and laser damage threshold (LDT) values were determined for the samples and the results are discussed in the paper.