Beginner’s Guide to Flux Crystal Growth

• Main Author: Tachibana, Makoto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: NIMS Monographs,
• Subjects: Physics.; Inorganic chemistry.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials science.; Crystallography and Scattering Methods.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.