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Title: High-pressure floating-zone growth of perovskite nickelate LaNiO3 single crystals

Abstract

We report the first single crystal growth of the correlated metal LaNiO3 using a high-pressure optical-image floating zone furnace. The crystals were studied using single crystal/powder X-ray diffraction, resistivity, specific heat, and magnetic susceptibility. The availability of bulk LaNiO3 crystals will (i) promote deep understanding in this correlated material, including the mechanism of enhanced paramagnetic susceptibility, and (ii) provide rich opportunities as a substrate for thin film growth such as important ferroelectric and/or multiferroic materials. As a result, this study demonstrates the power of high pO2 single crystal growth of nickelate perovskites and correlated electron oxides more generally.

Authors:
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1371941
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Crystal Growth and Design
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1528-7483
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Zhang, Junjie, Zheng, Hong, Ren, Yang, and Mitchell, J. F. High-pressure floating-zone growth of perovskite nickelate LaNiO3 single crystals. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00205.
Zhang, Junjie, Zheng, Hong, Ren, Yang, & Mitchell, J. F. High-pressure floating-zone growth of perovskite nickelate LaNiO3 single crystals. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00205
Zhang, Junjie, Zheng, Hong, Ren, Yang, and Mitchell, J. F. 2017. "High-pressure floating-zone growth of perovskite nickelate LaNiO3 single crystals". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00205. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1371941.
@article{osti_1371941,
title = {High-pressure floating-zone growth of perovskite nickelate LaNiO3 single crystals},
author = {Zhang, Junjie and Zheng, Hong and Ren, Yang and Mitchell, J. F.},
abstractNote = {We report the first single crystal growth of the correlated metal LaNiO3 using a high-pressure optical-image floating zone furnace. The crystals were studied using single crystal/powder X-ray diffraction, resistivity, specific heat, and magnetic susceptibility. The availability of bulk LaNiO3 crystals will (i) promote deep understanding in this correlated material, including the mechanism of enhanced paramagnetic susceptibility, and (ii) provide rich opportunities as a substrate for thin film growth such as important ferroelectric and/or multiferroic materials. As a result, this study demonstrates the power of high pO2 single crystal growth of nickelate perovskites and correlated electron oxides more generally.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00205},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1371941}, journal = {Crystal Growth and Design},
issn = {1528-7483},
number = 5,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Photograph of a typical as-grown boule of LaNiO3 (a), diffraction patterns at different positions along the boule (b-i) measured using synchrotron X-rays at 11-ID-C at the Advanced Photon Source, and LeBail fit (j, k). The black circles, red line, green line, black bars, and blue line correspond tomore » the observed data, calculated intensity, background, Bragg peaks (j: La3Ni2O7 at the top, NiO in the middle, and La2NiO4 at the bottom; k: LaNiO3 at the top and NiO at the bottom), and difference curve, respectively. Inserts show the quality of fit in the Q range of 2.21−2.34 Å−1 (j) and 2.21−2.42 Å−1 (k).« less

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