Growth by SR method and characterization of bis(thiourea)zinc(II) chloride single crystals

TL;DR

This paper reports the successful growth of large bis(thiourea)zinc(II) chloride single crystals using the SR method, confirming their structure, thermal stability, and high crystalline quality for potential nonlinear optical applications.

Contribution

It demonstrates the effective use of the SR method to grow high-quality BTZC single crystals with confirmed structural and thermal properties.

Findings

Successful growth of large BTZC crystals by SR method

Structural and thermal analyses confirm material quality

Crystals exhibit good crystalline perfection and low defect density

Abstract

Large size single crystals of bis(thiourea)zinc(II) chloride (BTZC), a potential nonlinear optical material, have been grown successfully by the Sankaranarayanan Ramasamy (SR) method. Powder X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared analyses confirmed the material of the grown crystal. Thermal stability was assessed by the thermogravimetric differential thermal analysis. The high-resolution X-ray diffraction and dielectric measurements indicate that the crystal grown by the SR method has good crystalline perfection and low density of defects.