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Title: High pO2 Floating Zone Crystal Growth of the Perovskite Nickelate PrNiO3

Journal Article · · Crystals
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9070324· OSTI ID:1529649

Single crystals of PrNiO3 were grown under an oxygen pressure of 295 bar using a unique high-pressure optical-image floating zone furnace. The crystals, with volume in excess of 1 mm3, were characterized structurally using single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction. Resistivity, specific heat, and magnetic susceptibility were measured, all of which evidenced an abrupt, first order metal-insulator transition (MIT) at ~130 K, in agreement with previous literature reports on polycrystalline specimens. Temperature-dependent single crystal diffraction was performed to investigate changes through the MIT. Our study demonstrates the opportunity space for high fugacity, reactive environments for single crystal growth specifically of perovskite nickelates but more generally to correlated electron oxides.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1529649
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1530072
Journal Information:
Crystals, Journal Name: Crystals Vol. 9 Journal Issue: 7; ISSN 2073-4352
Publisher:
MDPI AGCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English
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Cited by: 8 works
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Magnetic and orbital ordering in NdNiO3 journal May 2006
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High-Pressure Preparation, Crystal Structure, Magnetic Properties, and Phase Transitions in GdNiO 3 and DyNiO 3 Perovskites journal September 1999
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Atomic-scale control of competing electronic phases in ultrathin LaNiO3 journal April 2014
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