Undoped GaAs single crystal has been grown in PBN crucibles by the pulling-down method. The temperature profile of the furnace was optimized with a narrow melting zone and a small temperature gradient at the solid-liquid interface. Quartz ampoules were used to protect the evaporation of As during the growth and the deformation of the ampoule was discussed as a function of temperature, time and pressure differential. A Ø56 mm×70 mm GaAs crystal with nearly 100 % single crystalline yield was obtained. X-ray rocking curve analysis revealed the excellent crystalline quality. The average EPD and electrical properties of the crystal were tested comparable to those of the crystal produced by the VGF method. Therefore, the pulling down method was a feasible approach for GaAs crystal production.
In this paper, the green body was prepared by pre-roasted material of strontium ferrite, adding 0.2 to 9% the rare earth additive, by wet milling and forming into pellets Φ30×10 mm under magnetic field. Then, the green body was sintered separately by microwave sintering (MS) method and conventional sintering (CS) technique. The results showed that: the strontium ferrite samples with the same magnetic properties Br and (BH) max were 420 ± 10mT and 33.0 ± 2 kJ/m 3) were synthesized by microwave sintering (MS) method against conventional sintering method, the sintering temperature and time were reduced 150~300°C and 5~6h. Therefore, microwave sintering method will significantly decrease energy consumption. Further analysis revealed that the major improvements in microwave sintering were the material microstructure, the grain size was significantly reduced, the magnetic domain short-range order was increased so that the degree of orientation was increased, and although the fusion was existed between grains, the grain boundaries did not disappear.
As a professional with strong theoretical and practical in a new college, the guidance major-materials science and engineering involves extremely broad field. Our reform ideas and practices are only to training science-based applied talents possessing engineering capabilities. Facing the new situation on the demand for materials engineering personnel, we reform curriculum and teaching to get rid of the drawbacks of the original content and build the professional training program with the characteristics and course system.
LiNbO3 (Mg:LN) crystal is an important electro-optical material and MgO-doped LiNbO3 was expected to improve its optical damage resistance. In the present work, we reported the Bridgman growth of MgO-doped LiNbO3 crystal. The growth parameters were discussed and the defects were investigated by the chemical etching method. The etch hillocks and etch pits were observed on the negative Z surface while only etch pits on the positive Z surface by the optical microscope and EPMA. The etching morphology was discussed considering the domain structure.
Sr1-xNdxFe12O19 ferrites were Synthesized via sol–gel and self-combustion methods with Fe(NO3)3·9H2O,Sr(NO3)2 and citric acid. The as-synthesized powder was studied by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). X-ray diffraction (XRD) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) were applied to investigate the structure and magnetic properties. The powder was synthesized in different calcination temperature and doping content of Nd2O3. The experiment reveals that the magnetic properties of Nd3+ doped ferrites are less sensitive to calcination temperature comparing with no doping ferrites. The coercivity (Hcj) of Nd3+ doped ferrites reach 423.96 kA·m-1.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.