Optimization of the crystal growth of the superconductor from solution in the system
Abstract
Measurements of the anisotropic properties of single crystals play a crucial role in probing the physics of new materials. Determining a growth protocol that yields suitable high-quality single crystals can be particularly challenging for multicomponent compounds. Here we present a case study of how we refined a procedure to grow single crystals of CaKFe4As4 from a high temperature, quaternary liquid solution rich in iron and arsenic (“FeAs self-flux”). Temperature dependent resistance and magnetization measurements are emphasized, in addition to the x-ray diffraction, to detect intergrown CaKFe4As4, CaFe2As2, and KFe2As2 within what appear to be single crystals. Guided by the rules of phase equilibria and these data, we adjusted growth parameters to suppress formation of the impurity phases. The resulting optimized procedure yielded phase-pure single crystals of CaKFe4As4. In conclusion, this optimization process offers insight into the growth of quaternary compounds and a glimpse of the four-component phase diagram in the pseudoternary FeAs–CaFe2As2–KFe2As2 system.
- Authors:
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- Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1417372
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1364212
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-9525
Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953; PRMHAR; TRN: US1801051
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358; GBMF4411
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Meier, W. R., Kong, T., Bud'ko, S. L., and Canfield, P. C. Optimization of the crystal growth of the superconductor CaKFe4As4 from solution in the FeAs-CaFe2As2-KFe2As2 system. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.013401.
Meier, W. R., Kong, T., Bud'ko, S. L., & Canfield, P. C. Optimization of the crystal growth of the superconductor CaKFe4As4 from solution in the FeAs-CaFe2As2-KFe2As2 system. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.013401
Meier, W. R., Kong, T., Bud'ko, S. L., and Canfield, P. C. Mon .
"Optimization of the crystal growth of the superconductor CaKFe4As4 from solution in the FeAs-CaFe2As2-KFe2As2 system". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.013401. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1417372.
@article{osti_1417372,
title = {Optimization of the crystal growth of the superconductor CaKFe4As4 from solution in the FeAs-CaFe2As2-KFe2As2 system},
author = {Meier, W. R. and Kong, T. and Bud'ko, S. L. and Canfield, P. C.},
abstractNote = {Measurements of the anisotropic properties of single crystals play a crucial role in probing the physics of new materials. Determining a growth protocol that yields suitable high-quality single crystals can be particularly challenging for multicomponent compounds. Here we present a case study of how we refined a procedure to grow single crystals of CaKFe4As4 from a high temperature, quaternary liquid solution rich in iron and arsenic (“FeAs self-flux”). Temperature dependent resistance and magnetization measurements are emphasized, in addition to the x-ray diffraction, to detect intergrown CaKFe4As4, CaFe2As2, and KFe2As2 within what appear to be single crystals. Guided by the rules of phase equilibria and these data, we adjusted growth parameters to suppress formation of the impurity phases. The resulting optimized procedure yielded phase-pure single crystals of CaKFe4As4. In conclusion, this optimization process offers insight into the growth of quaternary compounds and a glimpse of the four-component phase diagram in the pseudoternary FeAs–CaFe2As2–KFe2As2 system.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.013401},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 1,
volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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