On melt solutions for the growth of CaTiO$_3$ crystals
Detlef Klimm, Max Schmidt, Nora Wolff, Christo Guguschev, Steffen, Ganschow
TL;DR
This study investigates melt solutions for growing undistorted CaTiO$_3$ crystals, identifying specific solvent mixtures that enable crystal growth below the melting point to prevent phase transition damage.
Contribution
It introduces a melt solution system using CaF$_2$:TiO$_2$:CaTiO$_3$ mixtures that allows for the growth of undistorted CaTiO$_3$ crystals at lower temperatures.
Findings
Undistorted CaTiO$_3$ crystals can be grown from specific melt solutions.
Differential thermal analysis identified promising solvent systems.
Millimeter-sized crystals were successfully grown using the proposed method.
Abstract
When calcium titanate crystals are grown from stoichiometric melts, they crystallize in the cubic perovskite structure. Upon cooling to room temperature they undergo subsequent phase transitions to tetragonal and orthorhombic modifications. These phase transitions are disruptive and result in severely damaged crystals. This paper presents differential thermal analysis data for several prospective solvents, with the aim to identify a system offering the possibility to perform crystal growth of undistorted CaTiO crystals by crystallizing them significantly below the melting point directly in the low temperature modification. From mixtures CaF:TiO:CaTiO = 3:1:1 (molar ratio) the growth of undistorted, at least millimeter-sized CaTiO crystals is possible.
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