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Floating Zone Growth of α-Na0.90MnO2 Single Crystals

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Rebecca Dally, Raphaele Clement, Robin Chisnell, Stephanie Taylor, Megan Butala, Vicky Doan-Nguyen, Mahalingam Balasubramanian, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Clare P. Grey, Stephen D. Wilson

Abstract

Single crystal growth of α-NaxMnO2 (x=0.90) is reported via the floating zone technique. The conditions required for stable growth and intergrowth-free crystals are described along with the results of trials under alternate growth atmospheres. Chemical and structural characterizations of the resulting α-Na0.90MnO2 crystals are performed using ICP-AES, NMR, XANES, XPS, and neutron diffraction measurements. As a layered transition metal oxide with large ionic mobility and strong correlation effects, α-NaxMnO2 is of interest to many communities, and the implications of large volume, high purity, single crystal growth are discussed.
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Journal of Crystal Growth
Volume
459
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

floating zone technique, single crystal growth, manganites

Citation

Dally, R. , Clement, R. , Chisnell, R. , Taylor, S. , Butala, M. , Doan-Nguyen, V. , Balasubramanian, M. , Lynn, J. , Grey, C. and Wilson, S. (2016), Floating Zone Growth of &#945;-Na<sub>0.90</sub>MnO<sub>2</sub> Single Crystals, Journal of Crystal Growth, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=921820 (Accessed April 25, 2024)

Created December 15, 2016, Updated October 12, 2021