Room-temperature crystallization of ‘explosive’ amorphous antimony was found to exhibit the phenomenon of non-uniqueness: it may spontaneously proceed (in identical samples) either within 27 days or within 67 days to yield crystallites with different preferential orientation. Apparently, this happens due to structural fluctuations in the initial amorphous matter, whereas the formation of different textures is governed by the minimization of surface energy. The phenomenon may turn useful for regulating a structure of Sb compounds in advanced semiconducting materials.

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室温下非晶锑的结晶：构图路线的非唯一性

发现“爆炸性”无定形锑的室温结晶表现出非唯一性现象：在相同的样品中，它可能在27天内或67天内自发进行（生成相同的样品），从而产生具有不同优先取向的微晶。显然，这是由于初始非晶态物质的结构波动而引起的，而不同纹理的形成则受表面能的最小化控制。该现象可能对调节高级半导体材料中Sb化合物的结构很有用。