Laser Floating Zone Growth: Overview, Singular Materials, Broad Applications, and Future Perspectives

F Rey-García, R Ibáñez, LA Angurel, FM Costa… - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Laser Floating Zone (LFZ) technique, also known as Laser-Heated Pedestal Growth
(LHPG), has been developed throughout the last several decades as a simple, fast, and …

Laser heated pedestal growth of Al2O3/GdAlO3 eutectic fibers

ERM Andreeta, MRB Andreeta, AC Hernandes - Journal of crystal growth, 2002 - Elsevier
We describe the results of our experiments with directional solidification of Al2O3/GdAlO3
eutectic oxide fibers using the laser heated pedestal growth technique. Fibers with sizes …

Cubic to pseudo-cubic tetragonal phase transformation with Mg, Ca, and Be doping and its impact on optoelectronic, elastic and mechanical properties of SrHfO3

N Abbas, I Zeba, M Shakil, F Gulzar, R Ahmad… - Journal of Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The structural, optoelectronic, elastic and mechanical properties of pure, Ca-, Mg-, and Be-
doped SrHfO 3 have been computed with CASTEP code based on density functional theory …

Laser sintering of Bi4Ti3O12 ferroelectric ceramics

ZS Macedo, AC Hernandes - Materials Letters, 2002 - Elsevier
Bi4Ti3O12 (BIT) ceramics were synthesized by solid-state reaction and sintered by CO2
laser heating. In the sintering process, the laser beam with a diameter of 6±1 mm was fixed …

Laser-heated pedestal growth of oxide fibers

MRB Andreeta, AC Hernandes - Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth, 2010 - Springer
The laser-heated pedestal growth (LHPG) technique, when compared with conventional
growth methods, presents many advantages, such as high pulling rates, a crucible-free …

Emission of Pr3+ from two sites in CaHfO3 perovskite

W Jia, D Jia, T Rodriguez, Y Wang, H Jiang, K Li - Journal of luminescence, 2007 - Elsevier
Pr-doped CaHfO3 is investigated. Luminescence of Pr from two sites was observed. About
85% of Pr ions occupy on Ca site (A site of perovskite ABO3) and 15% of Pr ions stay on Hf …

Anisotropy on SrTiO3 templated textured PMN–PT monolithic ceramics

ERM Andreeta, HFL Dos Santos, MRB Andreeta… - Journal of the European …, 2007 - Elsevier
In this work, templated grain growth (TGG) and reactive templated grain growth (RTGG)
texture techniques combined with uniaxial hot pressing were used for the first time to …

Luminescence and scintillation properties of strontium hafnate and strontium zirconate single crystals

J Pejchal, C Guguschev, M Schulze, V Jary… - Optical Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
The transparent single crystals of high-melting strontium hafnate (SHO) and strontium
zirconate (SZO) have been grown by the floating zone method with vertical mirror …

Automatic diameter control system applied to the laser heated pedestal growth technique

MRB Andreeta, LC Caraschi, AC Hernandes - Materials Research, 2003 - SciELO Brasil
We described an automatic diameter control system (ADC), for the laser heated pedestal
growth technique, that reduces the diameter fluctuations in oxide fibers grown from …

A New Elaboration Route by Sol-Gel Process for Cerium Doped SrHfO3 Films and Powders

M Villanueva-Ibanez, C Le Luyer, S Parola… - Journal of sol-gel …, 2004 - Springer
We present for the first time the elaboration via sol gel route of cerium (1 mol%) doped SrHfO
3 powders and films. The sol is elaborated using hafnium and strontium ethoxides as …