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Floating zone growth of Ba-substituted strontium ruthenates

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The crystal growth group from Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden succeeded recently in the synthesis of barium-substituted strontium ruthernates using a ScIDre high-pressure floating zone furnace HKZ.

High quality single crystals of Ba-substituted ruthenate Sr2-xBaxRuO4, the "large volume variant" of the unconventional superconductor…

Lesen Sie mehr | Jul 22, 2015

Ferrimagnetic quantum paraelectric compound was grown by high pressure floating zone method and analysed with neutron diffraction.

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High quality single crystals of BaFe12O19 were grown at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA, using the ScIDre HKZ floating zone furnace with 100 atm of flowing oxygen. 

In a paper which was published end of June 2015 and selected as an Featured Article in APL Materials (

Lesen Sie mehr | Jul 06, 2015

Cobalt oxide with brownmillerite structure discovered using the HKZ

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Heretofore unknown cobalt oxide with brownmillerite structure discovered in Argonne National Lab using the ScIDre HKZ floating zone furnace.

Various complex oxides and intermetallic compounds have been successfully grown with the HKZ floating zone furnace, yielding surpassing quality single crystals. However, the discovery of new materials with exceptional properties remains a claim to…

Lesen Sie mehr | Feb 04, 2015