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VOLUME 62 (1995) | ISSUE 2 | PAGE 123
Point defects and long-range order
Point defects in three-dimensional systems exhibit a unique topological characteristic which is associated with the slowness of the decrease of a perturbation of the order parameter and which changes the character of the ordering. The plasticity of crystals which is due to point defects should exist as a thermodynamically equilibrium phenomenon. Fluctuations of the concentration of point defects destroy the equilibrium faceting of crystals. © 7995 American Institute of Physics.