TY - JOUR A1 - Gradwohl, Kevin-P. A1 - Danilewsky, Andreas N. A1 - Roder, Melissa A1 - Schmidbauer, Martin A1 - Janicskó-Csáthy, József A1 - Gybin, Alexander A1 - Abrosimov, Nikolay A1 - Sumathi, R. Radhakrishnan T1 - Dynamical X-ray diffraction imaging of voids in dislocation-free high-purity germanium single crystals Y1 - 2020 VL - 53 IS - 4 SP - 880 EP - 884 JF - Journal of Applied Crystallography DO - 10.1107/S1600576720005993 DO - 10.23689/fidgeo-5077 N2 - White-beam X-ray topography has been performed to provide direct evidence of micro-voids in dislocation-free high-purity germanium single crystals. The voids are visible because of a dynamical diffraction contrast. It is shown that voids occur only in dislocation-free parts of the crystal and do not show up in regions with homogeneous and moderate dislocation density. It is further suggested that the voids originate from clustering of vacancies during the growth process. A general method is proposed to verify the presence of voids for any crystalline material of high structural perfection. UR - http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/9423 ER -