Journal
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH
Volume 225, Issue 2-4, Pages 155-161Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0248(01)00827-2
Keywords
solvents; growth from solutions; single crystal growth; antimonides; rare earth compounds; zinc compounds; superconducting materials
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Solution growth continues to be one of the most powerful techniques for the production of single crystals for basic and applied research. It is a versatile technique that allows for the growth of congruently and incongruently melting materials with equal ease. The primary requirement for growth is that there be an exposed primary solidification surface in the appropriate equilibrium alloy phase diagram. In this paper, we will review some of the systems that we have applied this technique to over the past several years. These range from binary and ternary intermetallic compounds such as RFe2 (R = Rare earth) and RT2Ge2 (T = Ni and Cu) to the refractory RNi2B2C family of magnetic superconductors to several families of quasicrystals. In each case, specific nuances of the relatively simple growth technique will be discussed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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