High-quality superconducting Ca_(1-x)Na_(x)Fe_(2)As_(2)single crystals have been successfully grown by the NaAs-flux method,with sodium doping level x=0.4–0.64.The typical sizes of these crystals are more than 10 mm ...High-quality superconducting Ca_(1-x)Na_(x)Fe_(2)As_(2)single crystals have been successfully grown by the NaAs-flux method,with sodium doping level x=0.4–0.64.The typical sizes of these crystals are more than 10 mm in ab-plane and~0.1 mm along c-axis in thickness.X-ray diffraction,resistance and magnetization measurements are carried out to characterize the quality of these crystals.While no signature of magnetic phase transitions is detected in the normal state,bulk superconductivity is found for these samples,with a sharp transition at T_(c) ranging from 19.8 K(x=0.4)to 34.8 K(x=0.64).The doping dependences of the c-axis parameter and T_(c) are consistent with previous reports,suggesting a possible connection between the lattice parameters and superconductivity.展开更多
Growth of high-quality single crystals is of great significance for research of condensed matter physics. The exploration of suitable growing conditions for single crystals is expensive and time-consuming, especially ...Growth of high-quality single crystals is of great significance for research of condensed matter physics. The exploration of suitable growing conditions for single crystals is expensive and time-consuming, especially for ternary compounds because of the lack of ternary phase diagram. Here we use machine learning(ML) trained on our experimental data to predict and instruct the growth. Four kinds of ML methods, including support vector machine(SVM), decision tree, random forest and gradient boosting decision tree, are adopted. The SVM method is relatively stable and works well, with an accuracy of 81% in predicting experimental results. By comparison,the accuracy of laboratory reaches 36%. The decision tree model is also used to reveal which features will take critical roles in growing processes.展开更多
Well-formed crystals of emerald, Be3AI2Si6O18:Cr, were easily grown from an Na2O-MoO3 flux by an isothermal technique. The crystal growth was conducted by heating a mixture of solute and flux at 1 100 ℃ for 24 h. The...Well-formed crystals of emerald, Be3AI2Si6O18:Cr, were easily grown from an Na2O-MoO3 flux by an isothermal technique. The crystal growth was conducted by heating a mixture of solute and flux at 1 100 ℃ for 24 h. The evaporation loss of flux depended on the amount of Na2O added to MoO3. Emerald crystals of lengths up to 2.1 mm and widths of 1. 4 mm were grown. The crystal sizes were dependent on the evaporation loss of the flux. The obtained crystals were transparent and exhibited the typical emerald-green color. The form of the emerald crystals was a twelve-sided prism bounded by well-developed faces. The aspect ratios were in the region of 1. 4 to 2. 3. The density was (2. 64±0.02) g/cm3. The IR absorption bands were in good agreement with the literature data.展开更多
Pure and Molybdenum (Mo) doped Potassium Titanyl Phosphate (KTP) inorganic crystals were grown by high temperature solution growth (HTSG) from poly phosphate (K6P4O13) flux using different KTP/Flux ratios. The pure an...Pure and Molybdenum (Mo) doped Potassium Titanyl Phosphate (KTP) inorganic crystals were grown by high temperature solution growth (HTSG) from poly phosphate (K6P4O13) flux using different KTP/Flux ratios. The pure and doped KTP crystals of size 20x13x5 mm3 and 7x5x2.5 mm3 respectively were grown successfully by spontaneous nucleation. The grown crystals were characterized by XRD, UV, FTIR and Hardness studies. Micro hardness studies show that the pure crystals are harder than the Mo doped crystals.展开更多
The time-temperature-transformation （TTT） diagrams of F-free mold fluxes was constructed using single hot thermocouple technique （SHTT） and confocal scanning laser microscopy （CSLM） to study the crystallization ...The time-temperature-transformation （TTT） diagrams of F-free mold fluxes was constructed using single hot thermocouple technique （SHTT） and confocal scanning laser microscopy （CSLM） to study the crystallization behavior of F-free mold fluxes. The tendency of crystallization is found to increase whereas the incubation time decreases with increasing basicity. Zirconia addition enhances the crystallization tendency due to its limited solubility in the slag melt and the solid particles acting as nucleation sites. Pseudo-wollastonite is found to precipitate in the slag with low basicity （CS-1 and CS-2）, kilchoanite and larnite are formed with further increasing basicity （CS-3）, and larnite is finally formed as the basicity beyond unit （CS-4）. The crystal morphology changes with varying compositions and isothermal temperatures. The measured growth rate is found to be linear with time under isothermal conditions and decreases with increasing isothermal temperature.展开更多
Nd3+:GdAl3(BO3)4 (NGAB) crystal with the size of 30 mm was grown from the solvent system of K2O-Gd2O3-MoO3-B2O3 by combining accelerated seed rotation technology with medium seeded solution growth (MSSG) method, and i...Nd3+:GdAl3(BO3)4 (NGAB) crystal with the size of 30 mm was grown from the solvent system of K2O-Gd2O3-MoO3-B2O3 by combining accelerated seed rotation technology with medium seeded solution growth (MSSG) method, and its crystal structure has been determined by X-ray powder diffraction. It crystallizes in the trigonal system, space group R32 with a = 9.2734(2), c = 7.2438(1) ? V = 538 ?, Z = 3 and Dc = 4.379 g/cm3. The absorption and emission spectra of NGAB in the function of s and polarizations at room temperature have been measured. UV generation tuneable in 378～382 nm, green (531 nm) generation and blue generation tuneable in 436～443 nm as well as red (669 nm) generation by self-frequency changing were obtained with the output of 105, 119.5, 445 and 19 mJ/pulse, respectively, when the crystal was pumped by a dye laser.展开更多
A series of big single crystals of BaFeFe2-xNixAs2 have been prepared by the FeAs self-flux method, with nominal nickel doping x = 0--0.12. The dimensions of the cleaved crystals are over 10~mm along ab plane and ～ 2...A series of big single crystals of BaFeFe2-xNixAs2 have been prepared by the FeAs self-flux method, with nominal nickel doping x = 0--0.12. The dimensions of the cleaved crystals are over 10~mm along ab plane and ～ 2~mm in maximum along the c direction. The measurements of x-ray diffraction, electrical resistance and magnetic property are carried out on the crystals. For the undoped parent compound BaFe2As2, both resistance and magnetization data display an anomaly associated with spin density wave and/or structural phase transition, with the transition temperatures at ～ 138~K. For Ni-doped BaFe2-xNixAs2 crystals, the superconducting critical temperature Tc ranges from 4.3~K for x=0.06 sample to 20~K for the optimally doped x=0.10 crystal.展开更多
Brown needle-like crystals of CaEr2S4 were isolated as the major product from a reaction of elements and binary sulfides by a two-step flux technique. CaEr2S4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with a=1...Brown needle-like crystals of CaEr2S4 were isolated as the major product from a reaction of elements and binary sulfides by a two-step flux technique. CaEr2S4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with a=12.845（4）, b=3.862（4）, c=13.001（2）（A）, V=645.0（7）（A）3,Z=4, F（000）=880,μ（MoKα）=27.794 mm^-1, the final R=0.0528 and wR=0.0562 for 1070observed reflections with I 〉 3σ（I）. The CaEr2S4 structure forms a three-dimensional framework that consists of interconnected tetra-octahedral Er4S18 fragments. Ca^2＋cations, in a monocapped trigonal prism geometry, are stuffed in two parallel rows into the one-dimensional channels along the b direction. CaEr2S4 is an infrared-transparent semiconductor with a band gap of 1.81 eV. Magnetic susceptibility measurements over 6～300 K indicate a Curie-Weiss paramagnetic behavior for the phase, with an effective magnetic moment of 9.64（1） μB per Er^3＋ ion.展开更多
A new nonlinear optical crystal of sodium terbium borate （Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9, Mr = 573.14） was synthesized by solid reaction method. The colorless transparent single crystals were grown from the high temperature solut...A new nonlinear optical crystal of sodium terbium borate （Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9, Mr = 573.14） was synthesized by solid reaction method. The colorless transparent single crystals were grown from the high temperature solution by employing NaBO2 as flux. The structure was deter- mined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Amm2 with a = 5.0744（10）, b = 10.990（2）, c = 6.9078（14） A, V = 385.24（13） A3, Dc = 4.941 g/cm3, F（000） = 250, Z = 2, μ= 9.205 mm-1, the final R = 0.0253 and wR = 0.0610. Its three-dimensional network structure is constructed from isolated BO33-, Na（1）O8, Na（2）O6, Na（3）O6 and Tb（1）O9 polyhedra. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show the compound is paramagnetic （μj = 7.04 μb）. The intensity of the second harmonic generation of Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9 is 2.5 times that of KDP.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFA0704200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11822411 and 11961160699)+4 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program(B)of the CAS(Grants Nos.XDB25000000 and XDB33000000)the K.C.Wong Education Foundation(Grant No.GJTD-2020-01)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS(Grant No.Y202001)the Postdoctoral Innovative Talent program(Grant No.BX2021018)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2021M700250)。
文摘High-quality superconducting Ca_(1-x)Na_(x)Fe_(2)As_(2)single crystals have been successfully grown by the NaAs-flux method,with sodium doping level x=0.4–0.64.The typical sizes of these crystals are more than 10 mm in ab-plane and~0.1 mm along c-axis in thickness.X-ray diffraction,resistance and magnetization measurements are carried out to characterize the quality of these crystals.While no signature of magnetic phase transitions is detected in the normal state,bulk superconductivity is found for these samples,with a sharp transition at T_(c) ranging from 19.8 K(x=0.4)to 34.8 K(x=0.64).The doping dependences of the c-axis parameter and T_(c) are consistent with previous reports,suggesting a possible connection between the lattice parameters and superconductivity.
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant Nos 2016YFA0401000 and2017YFA0302901the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2015CB921000+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11574371,11774399 and 11774398the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Z180008)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No XDB28000000
文摘Growth of high-quality single crystals is of great significance for research of condensed matter physics. The exploration of suitable growing conditions for single crystals is expensive and time-consuming, especially for ternary compounds because of the lack of ternary phase diagram. Here we use machine learning(ML) trained on our experimental data to predict and instruct the growth. Four kinds of ML methods, including support vector machine(SVM), decision tree, random forest and gradient boosting decision tree, are adopted. The SVM method is relatively stable and works well, with an accuracy of 81% in predicting experimental results. By comparison,the accuracy of laboratory reaches 36%. The decision tree model is also used to reveal which features will take critical roles in growing processes.
文摘Well-formed crystals of emerald, Be3AI2Si6O18:Cr, were easily grown from an Na2O-MoO3 flux by an isothermal technique. The crystal growth was conducted by heating a mixture of solute and flux at 1 100 ℃ for 24 h. The evaporation loss of flux depended on the amount of Na2O added to MoO3. Emerald crystals of lengths up to 2.1 mm and widths of 1. 4 mm were grown. The crystal sizes were dependent on the evaporation loss of the flux. The obtained crystals were transparent and exhibited the typical emerald-green color. The form of the emerald crystals was a twelve-sided prism bounded by well-developed faces. The aspect ratios were in the region of 1. 4 to 2. 3. The density was (2. 64±0.02) g/cm3. The IR absorption bands were in good agreement with the literature data.
文摘Pure and Molybdenum (Mo) doped Potassium Titanyl Phosphate (KTP) inorganic crystals were grown by high temperature solution growth (HTSG) from poly phosphate (K6P4O13) flux using different KTP/Flux ratios. The pure and doped KTP crystals of size 20x13x5 mm3 and 7x5x2.5 mm3 respectively were grown successfully by spontaneous nucleation. The grown crystals were characterized by XRD, UV, FTIR and Hardness studies. Micro hardness studies show that the pure crystals are harder than the Mo doped crystals.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50902003)the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (No.2007CB613608)
文摘The time-temperature-transformation （TTT） diagrams of F-free mold fluxes was constructed using single hot thermocouple technique （SHTT） and confocal scanning laser microscopy （CSLM） to study the crystallization behavior of F-free mold fluxes. The tendency of crystallization is found to increase whereas the incubation time decreases with increasing basicity. Zirconia addition enhances the crystallization tendency due to its limited solubility in the slag melt and the solid particles acting as nucleation sites. Pseudo-wollastonite is found to precipitate in the slag with low basicity （CS-1 and CS-2）, kilchoanite and larnite are formed with further increasing basicity （CS-3）, and larnite is finally formed as the basicity beyond unit （CS-4）. The crystal morphology changes with varying compositions and isothermal temperatures. The measured growth rate is found to be linear with time under isothermal conditions and decreases with increasing isothermal temperature.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian province (2000F007)
文摘Nd3+:GdAl3(BO3)4 (NGAB) crystal with the size of 30 mm was grown from the solvent system of K2O-Gd2O3-MoO3-B2O3 by combining accelerated seed rotation technology with medium seeded solution growth (MSSG) method, and its crystal structure has been determined by X-ray powder diffraction. It crystallizes in the trigonal system, space group R32 with a = 9.2734(2), c = 7.2438(1) ? V = 538 ?, Z = 3 and Dc = 4.379 g/cm3. The absorption and emission spectra of NGAB in the function of s and polarizations at room temperature have been measured. UV generation tuneable in 378～382 nm, green (531 nm) generation and blue generation tuneable in 436～443 nm as well as red (669 nm) generation by self-frequency changing were obtained with the output of 105, 119.5, 445 and 19 mJ/pulse, respectively, when the crystal was pumped by a dye laser.
基金supported by the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (Grant No. 2006CB601002)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10734120)
文摘A series of big single crystals of BaFeFe2-xNixAs2 have been prepared by the FeAs self-flux method, with nominal nickel doping x = 0--0.12. The dimensions of the cleaved crystals are over 10~mm along ab plane and ～ 2~mm in maximum along the c direction. The measurements of x-ray diffraction, electrical resistance and magnetic property are carried out on the crystals. For the undoped parent compound BaFe2As2, both resistance and magnetization data display an anomaly associated with spin density wave and/or structural phase transition, with the transition temperatures at ～ 138~K. For Ni-doped BaFe2-xNixAs2 crystals, the superconducting critical temperature Tc ranges from 4.3~K for x=0.06 sample to 20~K for the optimally doped x=0.10 crystal.
基金This work was partially supported by the NSF of Fujian Province (Z0513020, A042002)the NSF for Distinguished Young Scientist of China (20425104) and the NSF of CAS (KJCX2-SW-h05)
文摘Brown needle-like crystals of CaEr2S4 were isolated as the major product from a reaction of elements and binary sulfides by a two-step flux technique. CaEr2S4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with a=12.845（4）, b=3.862（4）, c=13.001（2）（A）, V=645.0（7）（A）3,Z=4, F（000）=880,μ（MoKα）=27.794 mm^-1, the final R=0.0528 and wR=0.0562 for 1070observed reflections with I 〉 3σ（I）. The CaEr2S4 structure forms a three-dimensional framework that consists of interconnected tetra-octahedral Er4S18 fragments. Ca^2＋cations, in a monocapped trigonal prism geometry, are stuffed in two parallel rows into the one-dimensional channels along the b direction. CaEr2S4 is an infrared-transparent semiconductor with a band gap of 1.81 eV. Magnetic susceptibility measurements over 6～300 K indicate a Curie-Weiss paramagnetic behavior for the phase, with an effective magnetic moment of 9.64（1） μB per Er^3＋ ion.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91022025, 51072036)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (2010J01284)
文摘A new nonlinear optical crystal of sodium terbium borate （Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9, Mr = 573.14） was synthesized by solid reaction method. The colorless transparent single crystals were grown from the high temperature solution by employing NaBO2 as flux. The structure was deter- mined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Amm2 with a = 5.0744（10）, b = 10.990（2）, c = 6.9078（14） A, V = 385.24（13） A3, Dc = 4.941 g/cm3, F（000） = 250, Z = 2, μ= 9.205 mm-1, the final R = 0.0253 and wR = 0.0610. Its three-dimensional network structure is constructed from isolated BO33-, Na（1）O8, Na（2）O6, Na（3）O6 and Tb（1）O9 polyhedra. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show the compound is paramagnetic （μj = 7.04 μb）. The intensity of the second harmonic generation of Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9 is 2.5 times that of KDP.
