Boopathi, K. and Ramasamy, P. and Bhagavannarayana, G. (2014) Growth and characterization of Cu (II) doped negatively soluble lithium sulfate monohydrate crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth, 386. pp. 32-37. ISSN 0022-0248

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Abstract

Single crystals of pure and Cu (II) doped negatively soluble lithium sulfate monohydrate have been grown by slow evaporation solution technique. In the present work, to improve the crystalline quality of lithium sulfate monohydrate crystal, metal dopant was incorporated into the pure crystals. The as grown crystals are clear, transparent and the sizes of the crystals were up to 18 x 12 x 3 mm(3) and 50 x 15 x 5 mm(3). The presence of metal dopant has been confirmed by energy dispersive spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy analysis. Single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction studies were carried out to ascertain lattice parameters and identify different phase nature. Optical transmission spectrum of the grown crystals was recorded. FT-IR and thermal analysis were carried out to investigate the functional group and thermal behavior of the grown crystals respectively. The grown crystal was subjected to Vickers micro hardness, HRXRD, piezoelectric, laser damage threshold measurements and second harmonic generation efficiency studies.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to M/S Elsevier.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	SinglecrystalGrowth Growthfromsolutions Lithiumcompounds Nonlinearopticalmaterial Piezoelectriccrystals
Subjects:	Crystallography Materials Science Physics
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Dr. Rajpal Walke
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2015 11:28
Last Modified:	05 Oct 2015 11:28
URI:	http://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/1315

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