TY - JOUR
T1 - Li nonstoichiometry and crystal growth of an untwinned one-dimensional quantum spin system LixCu2O2
AU - Hsu, H. C.
AU - Liu, H. L.
AU - Chou, F. C.
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - Floating-zone growth of untwinned single crystal of LixCu 2O2 with high Li content of x∼0.99±0.03 is reported. Li content of LixCu2O2 has been determined accurately through combined iodometric titration and thermogravimetric (TGA) methods, which also ruled out the speculation of chemical disorder between Li and Cu ions. The morphology and physical properties of single crystals obtained from slowing-cooling and floating-zone methods are compared. The floating-zone growth under Ar/O2=7:1 gas mixture at 0.64 MPa produces large area of untwinned crystal with highest Li content, which has the lowest helimagnetic ordering temperature ∼19 K in the Li xCu2O2 system.
AB - Floating-zone growth of untwinned single crystal of LixCu 2O2 with high Li content of x∼0.99±0.03 is reported. Li content of LixCu2O2 has been determined accurately through combined iodometric titration and thermogravimetric (TGA) methods, which also ruled out the speculation of chemical disorder between Li and Cu ions. The morphology and physical properties of single crystals obtained from slowing-cooling and floating-zone methods are compared. The floating-zone growth under Ar/O2=7:1 gas mixture at 0.64 MPa produces large area of untwinned crystal with highest Li content, which has the lowest helimagnetic ordering temperature ∼19 K in the Li xCu2O2 system.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.212401
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.212401
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57649087453
VL - 78
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 21
M1 - 212401
ER -