Methods of growing single crystals using solid-solid transformation of a glass

Title: Methods of growing single crystals using solid-solid transformation of a glass

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The present invention includes methods of promoting single crystal growth via solid-solid transformation of an appropriate glass, while avoiding the gaseous or liquid phase. In certain embodiments, in the all-solid-state glass-to-crystal transformation of the invention, extraneous nucleation is avoided relative to crystal growth via spatially localized laser heating and optional inclusion of a suitable glass former in the composition. The ability to fabricate patterned single-crystal architecture on a glass surface was demonstrated, providing a new class of micro-structured substrate for low cost epitaxial growth and active planar devices, for example.

Inventors:: Jain, Himanshu; Savytskyy, Dmytro; Dierolf, Volkmar

Publication Date:: 2019-05-21

Research Org.:: Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1568367

Patent Number(s):: 10,294,582

Application Number:: 15/272,982

Assignee:: Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0005010

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 09/22/2016

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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                    Jain, Himanshu, Savytskyy, Dmytro, and Dierolf, Volkmar. Methods of growing single crystals using solid-solid transformation of a glass.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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  abstractNote = {The present invention includes methods of promoting single crystal growth via solid-solid transformation of an appropriate glass, while avoiding the gaseous or liquid phase. In certain embodiments, in the all-solid-state glass-to-crystal transformation of the invention, extraneous nucleation is avoided relative to crystal growth via spatially localized laser heating and optional inclusion of a suitable glass former in the composition. The ability to fabricate patterned single-crystal architecture on a glass surface was demonstrated, providing a new class of micro-structured substrate for low cost epitaxial growth and active planar devices, for example.},

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