Structural, optical and mechanical properties of Y2Ti2O7 single crystal

M. Suganya; K. Ganesan; P. Vijayakumar; Amirdha Sher Gill; R. Ramaseshan; S. Ganesamoorthy

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.06.016

Structural, optical and mechanical properties of Y2Ti2O7 single crystal

Materials Science 2020-06-15 v1

Authors: M. Suganya , K. Ganesan , P. Vijayakumar , Amirdha Sher Gill , R. Ramaseshan , S. Ganesamoorthy

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We report on the growth of Y2Ti2O7 single crystals by optical floating zone technique. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy studies confirm the structural quality of the crystal. The UV-Vis optical studies reveal that the grown crystals have a high optical transparency with an optical band gap of 3.44 eV. The hardness of Y2Ti2O7 single crystal is measured for the first time using nanoindentation. The measured hardness, indentation and bulk modulus are found to be 16.4 $\pm$ 0.4, 321.1 $\pm$ 6.9 and 243.3 $\pm$ 5.2 GPa respectively, which are higher than its polycrystalline counterpart and its constituent metal oxides, Y2O3 and TiO2.

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crystal growth phase transitions electronic structure of materials

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@article{arxiv.2006.07359,
  title  = {Structural, optical and mechanical properties of Y2Ti2O7 single crystal},
  author = {M. Suganya and K. Ganesan and P. Vijayakumar and Amirdha Sher Gill and R. Ramaseshan and S. Ganesamoorthy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.07359},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages, 4 figures, 1 table; Accepted for publication in Scripta Materialia (2020)

Structural, optical and mechanical properties of Y2Ti2O7 single crystal

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