Single Crystal Growth of Synthetic Sulfide- and Phosphide-Based Minerals for Physical Measurements
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2023-03-17
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Slade, Tyler
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Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
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In this work, we review recent advances in the use of high-temperature solution growth that allow for the growth of single crystalline samples of synthetic minerals. We outline how low-melting binary or ternary solutions are attractive solvents for solution growth and provide examples of the growth of bismuthinite (Bi2S3), galena (PbS) and parkerite (Ni3Bi2S2). We then focus on the Rh-S, Pd-S and Ni-P phase spaces to discuss how the low-melting regions near transition metal-main group eutectic compositions make excellent solvents for crystal growth of several binary and ternary minerals containing both high melting and volatile elements as well as for the discovery of new materials. We end by discussing the growth of synthetic canfieldite (Ag8SnS6) and argyrodite (Ag8GeS6) from Ag2S–Sn-S-based solutions.
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This article is published as Canfield, Paul C., and Tyler J. Slade. "Single Crystal Growth of Synthetic Sulfide-and Phosphide-Based Minerals for Physical Measurements." Minerals 13, no. 3 (2023): 429.
DOI: 10.3390/min13030429.
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DOE Contract Number(s): AC02-07CH11358