Floating zone crystal growth and structural distortion of Pb2V3O9

✍ Scribed by B.S. Conner; H.D. Zhou; L. Balicas; C.R. Wiebe; J. Whalen; T. Siegrist

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 617 KB
• Volume: 321
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-0248
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.02.013

✦ Synopsis

Single crystals of the spin dimer compound Pb 2 V 3 O 9 were grown for the first time by the floating zone method. Room temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements confirm their crystallinity and structure. The crystal growth process is discussed in detail and high temperature differential scanning calorimetry measurements that show a structural phase transition from a monoclinic to a triclinic unit cell at 759(1) K are presented.