Single Crystal Growth at Warwick
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
We propose to continue to build on our successful crystal growth activities at Warwick. We will produce high quality single crystals of a whole range of oxides, borides, carbides and silicides. These include superconductors (NaxCoO2 yH2O) various low dimensional and frustrated magnetic materials (RBaCo2O5.d, Ca3Co2O6, Kagom staircase compounds, Pyrochlores, vanadates), ferroics (RMn2O5) and borides and carbides which are both magnetic and/or superconducting (RB2C2, RB2C, hexaborides). These crystals will be grown by the floating zone technique using the three optical mirror furnaces that we have (two halogen lamp furnaces and one xenon arc lamp furnace), where possible. Alternative techniques such as flux growth and chemical vapour deposition will be used for the crystal growth of materials where the floating zone technique is not applicable. The furnaces allow us to grow crystals of the entire range of materials described under different growth conditions, ranging from various gas atmospheres, high pressures of up to 10 bars and temperatures of up to 3000 C. The crystal growth of some materials named in the proposal will be carried out as a first attempt as they may have never been produced in this form before. This will necessarily require several growth attempts to optimise the growth conditions.The single crystals grown are to be used in our EPSRC and CCLRC funded projects (as in the past). The crystals will also be made widely available to other researchers within the UK and internationally.
Publications
Julien MH
(2008)
Electronic texture of the thermoelectric oxide Na0.75CoO2.
in Physical review letters
Benseman T
(2008)
In-plane oxygen diffusion in single crystals of <mml:math altimg="si23.gif" overflow="scroll" xmlns:xocs="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/xocs/dtd" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ja/dtd" xmlns:ja="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ja/dtd" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:tb="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common
in Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Tung L
(2008)
Spin, orbital ordering, and magnetic dynamics of LaVO 3 : Magnetization, heat capacity, and neutron scattering studies
in Physical Review B
Balakrishnan G
(2009)
High quality single crystals of the SrR(2)O(4) family of frustrated magnets.
in Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
Patil S
(2010)
Influence of 4f electronic states on the surface states of rare-earth hexaborides
in Applied Physics Letters
Sosin S
(2010)
Magnetic excitations in the X Y -pyrochlore antiferromagnet Er 2 Ti 2 O 7
in Physical Review B
Hayes T
(2011)
Coexistence of the long-range and short-range magnetic order components in SrEr 2 O 4
in Physical Review B
J. Hayes T
(2012)
Magnetisation Studies of Geometrically Frustrated Antiferromagnets Sr Ln 2 O 4 , with Ln = Er, Dy, and Ho
in Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Quilliam J
(2013)
Juxtaposition of spin freezing and long range order in a series of geometrically frustrated antiferromagnetic gadolinium garnets
in Physical Review B
Cheffings TH
(2013)
Magnetic field-induced ordering in SrDy2O4.
in Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
Laverock J
(2013)
k -resolved susceptibility function of 2 H -TaSe 2 from angle-resolved photoemission
in Physical Review B
Petrenko O
(2013)
Low-temperature magnetisation process in the cubic pyrochlore quantum antiferromagnet, Er2Ti2O7
in The European Physical Journal B
Nucara A
(2014)
Infrared phonon spectrum of the tetragonal helimagnet Ba 2 Cu Ge 2 O 7
in Physical Review B
Ciomaga Hatnean M
(2014)
Structural and magnetic properties of single-crystals of the geometrically frustrated zirconium pyrochlore, Pr 2 Zr 2 O 7
in Materials Research Express
Smidman M
(2014)
Investigations of the superconducting states of noncentrosymmetric LaPdSi 3 and LaPtSi 3
in Physical Review B
Erfanifam S
(2014)
Ultrasonic investigations of the spin ices Dy 2 Ti 2 O 7 and Ho 2 Ti 2 O 7 in and out of equilibrium
in Physical Review B
Laverock J
(2014)
Low-energy V t2g orbital excitations in NdVO3.
in Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
Singh R
(2014)
Detection of Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking in the Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor Re 6 Zr Using Muon-Spin Spectroscopy
in Physical Review Letters
Lhotel E
(2014)
First-order magnetic transition in Yb 2 Ti 2 O 7
in Physical Review B
Biswas P
(2014)
Low-temperature magnetic fluctuations in the Kondo insulator SmB 6
in Physical Review B
Singh R
(2014)
Crystal growth and properties of the non-centrosymmetric superconductor, Ru7B3
in Journal of Crystal Growth
Fittipaldi R
(2014)
Crystal growth and characterization of the non-centrosymmetric antiferromagnet Ba2CuGe2O7
in Journal of Crystal Growth
Saghir M
(2014)
Superconducting properties of Sn 1 - x In x Te ( x = 0.38 - 0.45 ) studied using muon-spin spectroscopy
in Physical Review B
Saghir M
(2014)
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials of the Topological Crystalline Insulator SnTe
in Crystal Growth & Design
Zhang Q
(2014)
Impact of the various spin- and orbital-ordering processes on the multiferroic properties of orthovanadate DyVO 3
in Physical Review B
O'Flynn D
(2014)
Magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements of single crystal TbMnO 3
in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Cao Y
(2015)
Quality Heterostructures from Two-Dimensional Crystals Unstable in Air by Their Assembly in Inert Atmosphere.
in Nano letters
Lancaster T
(2015)
Transverse field muon-spin rotation signature of the skyrmion-lattice phase in Cu 2 OSeO 3
in Physical Review B
Roberge B
(2015)
Study of phase coexistence in YVO 3 and LaVO 3 Phase coexistence in YVO 3 and LaVO 3
in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
Gaw S
(2015)
Magnetic excitation spectrum of LuFe 2 O 4 measured with inelastic neutron scattering
in Physical Review B
Salke N
(2015)
Raman spectroscopic studies of CuFeO2 at high pressures
in Vibrational Spectroscopy
Hartstein M
(2017)
Fermi surface in the absence of a Fermi liquid in the Kondo insulator SmB6
in Nature Physics
Barua S
(2017)
Signatures of the Kondo effect in VSe.
in Scientific reports
Sibille R
(2018)
Experimental signatures of emergent quantum electrodynamics in Pr2Hf2O7
in Nature Physics
Brunt D
(2018)
Magnetisation process in the rare earth tetraborides, NdB and HoB.
in Scientific reports
Paulsen C
(2019)
Nuclear spin assisted quantum tunnelling of magnetic monopoles in spin ice.
in Nature communications
Gardner JS
(2020)
Obituary for Professor Donald McKenzie Paul, physicist.
in Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
| Description | Growth and supply of a wide range of high quality single crystals, ranging from oxides, borides, intermetallic and chalcogenides. These crystals are both for in-house study as well as for UK wide and International collaborators. |
| Exploitation Route | Collaborators- publications |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Education,Electronics |
| URL | http://go.warwick.ac.uk/supermag/publications/ |