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Growth and Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties of TbCr3(BO3)4 Crystals

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We have studied and optimized conditions for spontaneous flux growth of TbCr3(BO3)4 crystals. Phase relations in the pseudoternary system TbCr3(BO3)4–K2Mo3O10–B2O3 have been studied in the temperature range 900–1130°C and the single-phase terbium chromium borate crystallization field has been mapped out. It has been shown that increasing the TbCr3(BO3)4 content of the starting high-temperature solution leads to a rhombohedral-to-monoclinic phase transition. Using K2Mo3O10-based high-temperature solutions, we have grown single-phase TbCr3(BO3)4 single crystals or crystals in which the rhombohedral phase (sp. gr. R32) significantly prevails over the monoclinic phase (sp. gr. C2/c). The grown crystals have been characterized by X-ray diffraction techniques, IR spectroscopy, and magnetic measurements.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The magnetic properties of the terbium chromium borate were studied with the participation of T. Zajarniuk and A. Szewczyk from the Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw).

Funding

The investigation of phase formation and crystal growth of TbCr3(BO3)4 were supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-12-00235. The magnetic characterization of the crystals was supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant no. 18-29-12091mk. The spectroscopic work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 19-12-00413.

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  1. Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    N. N. Kuzmin, V. V. Maltsev, E. A. Volkova & N. I. Leonyuk

  2. Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Fizicheskaya ul. 5, 108840, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia

    N. N. Kuzmin & K. N. Boldyrev

  3. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), Institutskii per. 9, 141701, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, Russia

    N. N. Kuzmin & K. N. Boldyrev

  4. Verkin Institute for Low-Temperature Physics and Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pr. Nauky 60, 61103, Kharkiv, Ukraine

    A. N. Bludov

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Kuzmin, N.N., Maltsev, V.V., Volkova, E.A. et al. Growth and Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties of TbCr3(BO3)4 Crystals. Inorg Mater 56, 828–835 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168520080087

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