Electrical properties of molybdenite single crystals

Molybdenite crystals used in the present work were grown by direct vapour transport or sublimation method. The electrical resistivities and I-V characteristics were measured at different temperatures in the symmetry plane. The room temperature resistance of a specimen annealed for different periods has also been measured. These results are described and discussed.     

Hardness and slip systems of orthorhombic hen egg-white lysozyme crystals

Hardness and slip systems by an indentation method were investigated on different habit planes of orthorhombic hen egg-white lysozyme (O-HEWL) crystals containing water. A dependence of the hardness on the water-evaporation time exhibits three stages as incubation, transition and saturated ones, as tetragonal (T)-HEWL crystals reported previously. The hardness values of (1 1 0), (0 1 0) and (0 1 1) habit planes of O-HEWL in the incubation stage or wet condition exhibits 6, 8 and 10 MPa, respectively. The hardness depends on indented planes but it is independent of the air-humidity and crystal volumes. These values correspond to the intrinsic hardness for O-HEWL crystals containing water. In the incubation stage, the slip traces are clearly observed around the indentation mark and the corresponding six kinds of slip systems are identified to be {0 1 1}<1 0 0>, {1 1 0}<1 1 0>, {0 1 1}<0 1 1>, {1 1 0}<0 0 1>, {1 0 0}<0 0 1> and {0 1 0}<0 0 1>.     

Magnetic properties of oxides and silicon single crystals

The magnetic properties of single crystals Si, SrTiO₃, LaAlO₃, MgO, and (La,Sr)(Al,Ta)O₃ were investigated systematically. Three origins of the magnetizations of these crystals, namely, an intrinsic diamagnetic, a paramagnetic, and a ferromagnetic contribution, have been found to influence the magnetic signals measured on the crystals, in some important application scenarios such crystals being served as substrates with the magnetic thin film epitaxially grown on. Quantitative analyses methodologies were developed and thorough investigations were performed on the crystals with the intrinsic materials parameters thus revealed, especially that the intrinsic diamagnetic susceptibility differential dχ_dia/dT were identified quantitatively for the first time in SrTiO₃, LaAlO₃, MgO, and (La,Sr)(Al,Ta)O₃. The paramagnetic contribution is found to be the key in terms of the magnetic properties of the crystals, which in turn is in fact a consequence of the 3d impurities doping inside the crystal. All the intrinsic materials parameters are given in this paper as datasets, the datasets are openly available at https://www.doi.org/10.57760/sciencedb.j00113.00028.     

High-performance pyroelectric single crystals for uncooled infrared detection applications

Uncooled pyroelectric infrared detectors based on ferroelectric single crystals 0.74Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–0.26PbTiO₃ (PMN–0.26PT) were fabricated. The performances of pyroelectric detectors dependence on detector fabrication temperature, absorption layer, and element thickness were compared. The room-temperature voltage responsivity (R_v) of 200 V/W and specific detectivity (D^*) of 10⁸ cm Hz^1/2/W at 12.5 Hz have been achieved. The results reveal that the better pyroelectric response can be expected by controlling temperature below 70 °C during the fabrication of the pyroelectric detectors, selecting absorption layer with high absorption coefficient, and decreasing the thickness of the elements.     

Dislocation unpinning model of acoustic emission from alkali halide crystals

The present paper reports the dislocation unpinning model of acoustic emission (AE) from alkali halide crystals. Equations are derived for the strain dependence of the transient AE pulse rate, peak value of the AE pulse rate and the total number of AE pulse emitted. It is found that the AE pulse rate should be maximum for a particular strain of the crystals. The peak value of the AE pulse rate should depend on the volume and strain rate of the crystals, and also on the pinning time of dislocations. Since the pinning time of dislocations decreases with increasing strain rate, the AE pulse rate should be weakly dependent on the strain rate of the crystals. The total number of AE should increase linearly with deformation and then it should attain a saturation value for the large deformation. By measuring the strain dependence of the AE pulse rate at a fixed strain rate, the time constantτ _s for surface annihilation of dislocations and the pinning timeτ _p of the dislocations can be determined. A good agreement is found between the theoretical and experimental results related to the AE from alkali halide crystals.     

Determination of Lamb–Mössbauer factors and lattice dynamics in some nitroprusside single crystals

Mössbauer spectra have been recorded for sodium, guanidinium, barium and lithium nitroprussides single crystal cuts. The temperature dependence of the Lamb–Mössbauer fraction f, respectively, the mean-square nuclear displacement 〈x ²〉 and the mean-square (of the total) velocity of the iron nucleus 〈v ²〉 were analyzed on the basis of the Debye and Einstein lattice-vibration models. The characteristic temperatures of the two models, θ _D and θ _E, fitted to 〈x ²〉 are considerably lower than those fitted to 〈v ²〉. This effect seems to be typical for the iron complexes and was explained with the presence of low and high frequencies in the phonon vibration spectra and of low-temperature anharmonicity. The Lamb–Mössbauer fraction at 77 K in all principal crystal directions of sodium, guanidinium and barium nitroprussides has been determined. These values will be used for more precise studies of the population and the properties of the light-induced molecular states of the nitrosyl [Fe(CN)₅NO]^2? anion.     

Specific heat and electrical conductivity of deuterated triglycine selenate single crystals

Measurements of the specific heat were carried out on deuterated trigylcine selenate (DTGSe) single crystals to clarify its critical nature near the ferroelectric transition point (T_c ). The results obtained have indicated that DTGSe crystals deuterated by 90% exhibit a first-order phase transition.

This paper presents also the electrical conductivity (δ) of DTGSe crystals. The deuterium substitution induces an increase in the Curie point T_c , and a decrease in the conductivity in the para- and ferroelectric phases accompanied by an increase in the activation energy (W) in both phases.     

Influence of ultrasonic vibrations on the growth of semiconductor single crystals

The influence of ultrasonic vibrations on striations in InSb, GaAs and Bi-Sb alloy single crystals grown by a modified Czochralski method was investigated. Ultrasonic vibrations at frequencies of 0.15, 0.25, 0.6, 1.2, 2.5, 5 or 10 MHz were introduced into the melt parallel to the pulling axis. The introduction of ultrasonic vibrations at a frequency up to 5 MHz eliminates the striations in GaAs and Bi-Sb alloy single crystals growing with constant diameter. It was found that for Bi-Sb alloy single crystals of constant diameter growth, after ‘processing’ of the melt with ultrasonic vibrations, the striations do not reappear until after 2 h. The effectiveness of the influence of the ultrasonic vibrations on the decrease of growth striations in InSb, GaAs and Bi-Sb alloy growing crystals was estimated with the help of the calculation of the sound absorption coefficient.     

Growth of profiled single crystals of lithium iodate using a shaper from polymer nanoparticles

A possibility of growth of profiled single crystals of α-LiIO₃ with a hollow channel using a shaper from polymer nanoparticles is showed. A method of creating the nanoparticles of polystyrene is described.     

Field emission theory of dislocation-sensitized photo-stimulated exo-electron emission from coloured alkali halide crystals

A new field emission theory of dislocation-sensitized photo-stimulated exo-electron emission (DSPEE) is proposed, which shows that the increase in the intensity of photo emission fromF-centres during plastic deformation is caused by the appearance of an electric field which draws excited electrons out of the deeper layer and, therefore, increases the number of electrons which reach the surface. The theory of DSPEE shows that the variation of DSPEE flux intensity should obey the following relation

Finite deformation analysis of slip-induced crystalline rotations during tensile and compressive tests on bcc iron crystals

This work compares slip-induced lattice rotations calculated from double-slip, finite-deformation analytical solutions to electron-back-scattering-diffraction (EBSD) rotation measurements from SEM in situ, room temperature straining of bcc iron crystals. The finite-deformation modelling assumes slip proportionality between the two dominant active systems. Four experimental cases from a recently published work (2015) are examined, two in axial tension and two in axial compression. They correspond to mixed double-slip on {110} and {112} planes, with slip on the latter in both ‘easy’ and ‘hard’ orientations. In the experiments, EBSD rotation measurements were made on three faces of the iron samples and the dominant active systems were identified from slip traces. Here the relative contributions of the two systems for the best match with available rotation data are determined for each case, and the results discussed in relation to initial shear stress and (probable) critical shear-strength ratios. The analyses provide insight into achievable accuracy in crystal-slip quantification, based on slip-trace observations and rotation measurements of a sample’s load and lateral axes, and some assessment of the relative hardening of active slip systems.     

Uniaxial stress dependence of the dielectric properties of barium titanate single crystals

BaTiO₃ single crystals were grown by the melt-grown method. The effect of uniaxial pressure (0–1700 bar) on the dielectric properties of these crystals has been systematically studied. The external stress showed obvious effects on these properties. An increase in the difference between the Curie T_c and Curie–Weiss T₀ temperatures induced by the applied pressure is observed. This could be ascribed to the inducing of non-ferroelectric cubic islands in the tetragonal phase by the applied compressive stress. On the other hand, the pressure behavior of thermal hysteresis and the ??/?T vs. T plot strongly suggests that the phase transition changes to second-order type with increasing pressure. The Curie–Weiss constant obtained from a modified Curie–Weiss law strongly decreases with increasing pressure, suggesting that the mechanism of phase transition is going to order–disorder type. An increase in the difference between the Curie T_c and Burn's T_B temperatures with increasing pressure is observed. This could be ascribed to the narrowing of the temperature range on which the Curie–Weiss law is valid. In general, the obtained results are in good agreement with hydrostatic pressure data. Some kind of relaxation near T_c, which is strongly coupled with strain caused by applied compressive stress, is postulated.     

Pr替代YPBCO超导单晶的峰效应研究

采用TSSG法在1 atm氧气氛下生长出Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O7(x=0.07215)超导单晶样品;测量了该单晶样品在不同温度下的磁特性;根据Bean临界态模型,计算出不同温度下的临界电流密度Jc对磁场H的依赖关系;在对该样品的直流磁化研究中观测到了峰效应。随着温度的降低,样品的临界电流密度明显增加。     

Selective role of bainitic lath boundary in influencing slip systems and consequent deformation mechanisms and delamination in high-strength low-alloy steel

We elucidate here the deformation behaviour and delamination phenomenon in a high-strength low-alloy bainitic steel, in terms of microstructure, texture and stress evolution during deformation via in situ electron back-scattered diffraction and electron microscopy. Furthermore, the selective role of bainitic lath boundary on slip systems was studied in terms of dislocation pile-up and grain boundary energy models. During tensile deformation, the texture evolution was concentrated at {1 1 0}<1 1 1> and the laths were turn parallel to loading direction. The determining role of lath on the deformation behaviour is governed by length/thickness (l/t) ratio. When l/t > 28, the strain accommodates along the bainite lath rather than along the normal direction. The delamination crack initiated normal to (0 1 1) plane, and become inclined to (0 1 1) plane with continued strain along (0 1 1) plane and lath plane. This indicated that the delamination is not brittle process but plastic process. The lack of dimples at the delaminated surface is because of lack of strain normal to the direction of lath. The delaminated (0 1 1) planes were associated with cleavage along the (1 0 0) plane.     

具有立方晶系结构的多晶体材料的弹性常数——Y弹性常数

提出了一个新的物理参量“Ｙ弹性常数”,并阐述了其物理含义.并将其应用于具有立方晶系结构的多晶体材料,推导了立方晶系结构的多晶体材料的Ｙ弹性常数,通过算例与具有立方晶系结构的多晶体材料的X射线弹性常数进行了比较.运用这个Ｙ弹性常数进一步推导出的多晶体材料整体的机械弹性常数的表达式与Krner的研究结果完全符合. 关键词： Y弹性常数 立方晶系 多晶体材料