List of floating-zone crystals available (grown by D. Prabhakaran)
material typical crystal size comments
La2–xSrxNiO4 (x = 0.0 to 0.5) 8–10 mm Ø × 60–80 mm long spin-charge stripe ordered
7 mm Ø × 35 mm long (x = 0.4–0.5)
Pr2NiO4 and Nd2NiO4 8–10 mm Ø × 80–100 mm long
Pr2CuO4 7 mm Ø × 20 mm long parent of electron-doped SC
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 8–10 mm Ø × 60–80 mm long (textured)
3 × 5 × 1 mm3 (single crystal) high-Tc superconductor (Tc = 90K)
Cu1–xZnxO 8–10 mm Ø × 20–30 mm long quasi-1D S=1/2 HAFM
RMnO3 (R = Y and most rare earths) size depends on R frustrated magnets/imultiferroics
La1–xSrxMnO3 (x = 0.0 to 0.5) 8–10 mm Ø × 50–90 mm long perovskite manganites (CMR)
La1–xSrxGayMnO3 8–10 mm Ø × 50–90 mm long
La2–xSrxMnO4 (x = 1.5) 8 mm × 20 × 50 mm long spin-charge-orbital ordered
La2–2xSr1+2xMn2O7 (x = 0.2 to 0.6) size dependent on x bilayer manganites (CMR)
Pr(Sr0.1Ca0.9)2Mn2O7 30 mm × 8 mm × 2 mm charge-orbital ordered
La2–xSrxCoO4 (x = 1/3 and 1/2) 8–10 mm Ø × 30–50 mm long spin-charge ordered
La1–xSrxCoO3 (x = 0.0 to 0.2) 8–10 mm Ø × 30–50 mm long spin-state transition
La1–xSrxFeO3 (x = 0.3 to 0.5) 8 mm Ø × 10–50 mm long charge-ordered
NaxCoO2 (x = 0.65 to 1.0) size depends on x correlated metal, thermoelectric
TNb2O6 (T = Co, Mn, Ni, Fe) 8–10 mm Ø × 40–70 mm long quasi-1D Ising spin chain
LuFe2O4 10 mm × 5 mm × 2 mm magnetoelectric
CuFeO2 8 mm Ø × 30–50 mm long magnetoelectric
GaFeO3 8 mm Ø × 30–50 mm long magnetoelectric
MnWO4 5 mm × 5 mm × 5 mm magnetoelectric
CoO, MnO, NiO 8 mm Ø × 30–50 mm long antiferromagnets
Co3V2O8, Ni3V2O8 8 mm Ø × 30–50 mm long magnetoelectric
LaTiO3 and YTiO3 8 mm Ø × 50 mm long orbital physics
LaVO3 and SmVO3 3 × 3 × 1 mm3 orbital physics
T1–xMgxGeO3 (x < 0.06, T = Mn, Co, Fe) 6 mm Ø × 50 mm long
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