Beginner’s Guide to Flux Crystal Growth

Makoto Tachibana (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

130 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer Verlag, Japan
978-4-431-56586-4 (ISBN)

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This book introduces the principles and techniques of crystal growth by the flux method, which is arguably the most useful way to obtain millimeter- to centimeter-sized single crystals for physical research. As it is possible to find an appropriate solvent (“flux”) for nearly all inorganic materials, the flux method can be applied to the growth of many crystals ranging from transition metal oxides to intermetallic compounds. Both important principles and experimental procedures are described in a clear and accessible manner. Practical advice on various aspects of the experiment, which is not readily available in the literature, will assist the beginning graduate students in setting up the lab and conducting successful crystal growth. The mechanisms of crystal growth at an elementary level are also provided to better understand the techniques and to help in assessing the quality of the crystals. The book also contains many photographs of beautiful crystals with important physical properties of current interest, such as high-temperature superconductors, strongly correlated electronic systems, topological insulators, relaxor ferroelectrics, low-dimensional quantum magnets, non-linear optical materials, and multiferroics.

Introduction.- Mechanisms of crystal growth from fluxed solution.- Phase diagrams for flux growth.- Choosing a flux.- Equipment and experimental procedures.- Examples of flux-grown crystals.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.11.2017
Reihe/Serie	NIMS Monographs
Zusatzinfo	41 Illustrations, color; 22 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 130 p. 63 illus., 41 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Tokyo
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Anorganische Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Schlagworte	Crystal growth from solution • flux-grown crystals • growing centimeter-sized single crystals • growing single crystals • high temperature solution growth • High-Temperature Superconductors • intermetallic compounds • low-dimensional magnets. • Relaxor ferroelectrics • Transition Metal oxides
ISBN-10	4-431-56586-8 / 4431565868
ISBN-13	978-4-431-56586-4 / 9784431565864
Zustand	Neuware