Collection of artificially grown crystals

This collection of crystals has been selected by the IUCr Commission on Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials as examples of high-quality crystals grown artificially. If you would like to add your examples, please use the submission form.

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Sr5Pb3ZnO12 This is an optical photograph taken using Olympus LEXT OLS4000 confocal scanning laser microscope. Crystals were grown from polycrystalline powder in molten sodium chloride.

 

Michał J. Winiarski

Er3Rh4Sn13 Single Crystal A single crystal of Er3Rh4Sn13 grown using Sn as flux

 

A. Thamizhavel

3-chloro-3-methyl-r(2),c(6)-diphenylpiperidin-4-one Axial chloro substituted piperidine-4-one

 

ARULRAJ RAMALINGAM

Bismuth Zinc Borate Non centrosymmetric Bismuth Zinc Borate Bi2ZnB2O7, a member of the Melilite group grown by Czochralski along [001]. The congruently melting (695°C) compound was pulled from a high viscous melt with a translation rate of 0.2 mm/h.

 

Manfred Burianek

Sal de Tutton Cristal misto da família do sal de Tutton (NH4)2NixCo(1-x)(SO4)2.6H2O com 60% de cobalto

 

Michelle de Oliveira

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