Single-crystal perovskite detectors: development and perspectives

Nonlinear optical (NLO) single crystals with high quality are the pillars for the development of new devices that fulfil the demands of society. Nowadays, NLO single crystals are very attractive for the photonic applications particularly for terahertz (THz) photonics. The reason for their popularity is that these crystals can produce very powerful and ultra wideband THz waves due to their high nonlinear susceptibility. In this review paper, we deal with the challenges and progresses in the evolution of NLO single crystals for THz wave generation and detection. Here, we review the single crystal growth that how and by which method single crystal is grown. We summarize the structures, intermolecular and intramolecular interactions, their properties and how they generate and detect the THz waves. Widely used single crystals at present are DAST, BNA, OH1, amino acid-based single crystals, etc.

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Magnetic Anisotropy in Single Crystals: A Review

Geosciences ◽

10.3390/geosciences8080302 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 302 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Andrea Biedermann

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Anisotropy ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Review Paper ◽

Empirical Relationships ◽

Additional Information ◽

Magnetic Fabrics ◽

Crystal Properties ◽

Texture Type ◽

The Individual

Empirical relationships between magnetic fabrics and deformation have long served as a fast and efficient way to interpret rock textures. Understanding the single crystal magnetic properties of all minerals that contribute to the magnetic anisotropy of a rock, allows for more reliable and quantitative texture interpretation. Integrating information of single crystal properties with a determination whether or not mineral and magnetic fabrics are parallel may yield additional information about the texture type. Models based on textures and single crystal anisotropies help assess how the individual minerals in a rock contribute to the rock’s anisotropy, and how the individual anisotropy contributions interfere with each other. For this, accurate and reliable single crystal data need to be available. This review paper discusses magnetic anisotropy in single crystals of the most common rock-forming minerals, silicates and carbonates, in relation to their mineralogy and chemical composition. The most important ferromagnetic minerals and their anisotropy are also discussed. This compilation and summary will hopefully lead to a deeper understanding of the sources of magnetic anisotropy in rocks, and improve the interpretation of magnetic fabrics in future structural and tectonic studies.

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The observation of defects on (100) CdTe surfaces by chemical etching

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100131759 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 1424-1425

Author(s):

M.E. Lee

Keyword(s):

Single Crystal ◽

Grain Boundaries ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Chemical Etching ◽

Crystalline Perfection ◽

Crystalline Defects ◽

High Incidence ◽

Crystallographic Defects ◽

Cdznte Substrates ◽

Device Technology

The crystalline perfection of bulk CdTe substrates plays an important role in their use in infrared device technology. The application of chemical etchants to determine crystal polarity or the density and distribution of crystallographic defects in (100) CdTe is not well understood. The lack of data on (100) CdTe surfaces is a result of the apparent difficulty in growing (100) CdTe single crystal substrates which is caused by a high incidence of twinning. Many etchants have been reported to predict polarity on one or both (111) CdTe planes but are considered to be unsuitable as defect etchants. An etchant reported recently has been considered to be a true defect etchant for CdTe, MCT and CdZnTe substrates. This etchant has been reported to reveal crystalline defects such as dislocations, grain boundaries and inclusions in (110) and (111) CdTe. In this study the effect of this new etchant on (100) CdTe surfaces is investigated.The single crystals used in this study were (100) CdTe as-cut slices (1mm thickness) from Bridgman-grown ingots.

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Mounting an individual submicrometer sized single crystal

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials ◽

10.1524/zkri.1996.211.6.365 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 211 (6) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

R. B. Neder ◽

M. Burghammer ◽

Th. Grasl ◽

H. Schulz

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscope ◽

Scanning Electron Microscope ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Single Crystals ◽

High Vacuum ◽

Nanometer Resolution ◽

Micro Manipulator ◽

Scanning Electron

AbstractWe developed a new micro manipulator for mounting individual sub-micrometer sized single crystals within a scanning electron microscope. The translations are realized via a commercially available piezomicroscope, adapted for high vacuum usage and realize nanometer resolution. With this novel instrument it is routinely possible to mount individual single crystals with sizes down to 0.1

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Study of potential oscillations during reaction of an aluminium single crystal with an aqueous KOH solution

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications ◽

10.1135/cccc19900345 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 55 (2) ◽

pp. 345-353 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ivan Halaša ◽

Milica Miadoková

Keyword(s):

Aqueous Solutions ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Periodic Potential ◽

Optimum Conditions ◽

Potential Oscillations ◽

Dilute Aqueous Solutions ◽

Experimental Findings ◽

Kinetics Of

The authors investigated periodic potential changes measured on oriented sections of Al single crystals during spontaneous dissolution in dilute aqueous solutions of KOH, with the aim to find optimum conditions for the formation of potential oscillations. It was found that this phenomenon is related with the kinetics of the reaction investigated, whose rate also changed periodically. The mechanism of the oscillations is discussed in view of the experimental findings.

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Measurement of growth rates for single crystals and pressed tablets of CuSO4.5 H2O on a rotating disc

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications ◽

10.1135/cccc19892951 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 54 (11) ◽

pp. 2951-2961 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Miloslav Karel ◽

Jaroslav Nývlt

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Growth Rates ◽

Diffusion Coefficients ◽

Preferred Orientation ◽

Rotating Disc ◽

Dissolution Rates ◽

Rates Of Growth ◽

Good Agreement

Measured growth and dissolution rates of single crystals and tablets were used to calculate the overall linear rates of growth and dissolution of CuSO4.5 H2O crystals. The growth rate for the tablet is by 20% higher than that calculated for the single crystal. It has been concluded that this difference is due to a preferred orientation of crystal faces on the tablet surface. Calculated diffusion coefficients and thicknesses of the diffusion and hydrodynamic layers in the vicinity of the growing or dissolving crystal are in good agreement with published values.

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Single Crystal Growth and Physical Properties of Pyroxene CoGeO3

Crystals ◽

10.3390/cryst11040378 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 378

Author(s):

Li Zhao ◽

Zhiwei Hu ◽

Hanjie Guo ◽

Christoph Geibel ◽

Hong-Ji Lin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

High Pressure ◽

Magnetic Properties ◽

Magnetic Susceptibility ◽

Crystal Growth ◽

Physical Properties ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Magnetic Moments ◽

Single Crystal Growth ◽

The Impact

We report on the synthesis and physical properties of cm-sized CoGeO3 single crystals grown in a high pressure mirror furnace at pressures of 80 bar. Direction dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements on our single crystals reveal highly anisotropic magnetic properties that we attribute to the impact of strong single ion anisotropy appearing in this system with TN∼33.5 K. Furthermore, we observe effective magnetic moments that are exceeding the spin only values of the Co ions, which reveals the presence of sizable orbital moments in CoGeO3.

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Growth of sillenite Bi12FeO20 single crystals: structural, thermal, optical, photocatalytic features and first principle calculations

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-78598-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Durga Sankar Vavilapalli ◽

Ambrose A. Melvin ◽

F. Bellarmine ◽

Ramanjaneyulu Mannam ◽

Srihari Velaga ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Single Crystal ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽

Diffraction Method ◽

Lattice Parameter ◽

First Principle ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

X Ray ◽

First Principle Calculations ◽

Photodegradation Efficiency

AbstractIdeal sillenite type Bi12FeO20 (BFO) micron sized single crystals have been successfully grown via inexpensive hydrothermal method. The refined single crystal X-ray diffraction data reveals cubic Bi12FeO20 structure with single crystal parameters. Occurrence of rare Fe4+ state is identified via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The lattice parameter (a) and corresponding molar volume (Vm) of Bi12FeO20 have been measured in the temperature range of 30–700 °C by the X-ray diffraction method. The thermal expansion coefficient (α) 3.93 × 10–5 K−1 was calculated from the measured values of the parameters. Electronic structure and density of states are investigated by first principle calculations. Photoelectrochemical measurements on single crystals with bandgap of 2 eV reveal significant photo response. The photoactivity of as grown crystals were further investigated by degrading organic effluents such as Methylene blue (MB) and Congo red (CR) under natural sunlight. BFO showed photodegradation efficiency about 74.23% and 32.10% for degrading MB and CR respectively. Interesting morphology and microstructure of pointed spearhead like BFO crystals provide a new insight in designing and synthesizing multifunctional single crystals.

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Modeling of magneto-conductivity of bismuth selenide: a topological insulator

SN Applied Sciences ◽

10.1007/s42452-021-04397-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Yogesh Kumar ◽

Rabia Sultana ◽

Prince Sharma ◽

V. P. S. Awana

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Field ◽

Magnetic Fields ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Single Crystals ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Field Range ◽

X Ray ◽

Bulk Carriers ◽

Different Temperatures

AbstractWe report the magneto-conductivity analysis of Bi2Se3 single crystal at different temperatures in a magnetic field range of ± 14 T. The single crystals are grown by the self-flux method and characterized through X-ray diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Raman Spectroscopy. The single crystals show magnetoresistance (MR%) of around 380% at a magnetic field of 14 T and a temperature of 5 K. The Hikami–Larkin–Nagaoka (HLN) equation has been used to fit the magneto-conductivity (MC) data. However, the HLN fitted curve deviates at higher magnetic fields above 1 T, suggesting that the role of surface-driven conductivity suppresses with an increasing magnetic field. This article proposes a speculative model comprising of surface-driven HLN and added quantum diffusive and bulk carriers-driven classical terms. The model successfully explains the MC of the Bi2Se3 single crystal at various temperatures (5–200 K) and applied magnetic fields (up to 14 T).

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Growth of single crystals in the (Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3–(Sr1–xCax)TiO3 system by solid state crystal growth

Journal of Advanced Ceramics ◽

10.1007/s40145-021-0481-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Phan Gia Le ◽

Huyen Tran Tran ◽

Jong-Sook Lee ◽

John G. Fisher ◽

Hwang-Pill Kim ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Crystal Growth ◽

Solid State ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Piezoelectric Properties ◽

Single Crystal Growth ◽

Crystal Growth Rate ◽

Large Strains ◽

Growth Technique ◽

The Matrix

AbstractCeramics based on (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3 are promising candidates for actuator applications because of large strains generated by an electric field-induced phase transition. For example, the (1−x)(Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-xSrTiO3 system exhibits a morphotropic phase boundary at x = 0.2–0.3, leading to high values of inverse piezoelectric constant d*33, which can be further improved by the use of single crystals. In our previous work, single crystals of (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3-SrTiO3 and (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3-CaTiO3 were grown by the solid state crystal growth technique. Growth in the (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3-SrTiO3 system was sluggish whereas the (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3-CaTiO3 single crystals grew well. In the present work, 0.8(Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-0.2(Sr1−xCax)TiO3 single crystals (with x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4) were produced by the solid state crystal growth technique in an attempt to improve crystal growth rate. The dependence of mean matrix grain size, single crystal growth distance, and electrical properties on the Ca concentration was investigated in detail. These investigations indicated that at x = 0.3 the matrix grain growth was suppressed and the driving force for single crystal growth was enhanced. Replacing Sr with Ca increased the shoulder temperature Ts and temperature of maximum relative permittivity Tmax, causing a decrease in inverse piezoelectric properties and a change from normal to incipient ferroelectric behavior.

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