@article{ WOS:000467300100016,
Author = {Nair, Harikrishnan S. and DeLazzer, Tim and Reeder, Tim and Sikorski,
   Antony and Hester, Gavin and Ross, Kate A.},
Title = {Crystal Growth of Quantum Magnets in the Rare-Earth Pyrosilicate Family
   R2Si2O7 (R = Yb, Er) Using the Optical Floating Zone Method},
Journal = {CRYSTALS},
Year = {2019},
Volume = {9},
Number = {4},
Month = {APR},
Abstract = {We report on the crystal growth of rare-earth pyrosilicates, for R = Yb
   and Er using the optical floating zone method. The grown crystals
   comprise members from the family of pyrosilicates where the rare-earth
   atoms form a distorted honeycomb lattice. C-Ybis a quantum dimer magnet
   with field-induced long range magnetic order, while D-Eris an Ising-type
   antiferromagnet. Both growths resulted in multi-crystal boules, with
   cracks forming between the different crystal orientations. The
   Ybcrystals form the C-type rare-earth pyrosilicate structure with space
   group C2/m and are colorless and transparent or milky white, whereas the
   Er-variant is D-type, P21/b, and has a pink hue originating from Er3+.
   The crystal structures of the grown single crystals were confirmed
   through a Rietveld analysis of the powder X-ray diffraction patterns
   from pulverized crystals. The specific heat of both C-Yband D-Ermeasured
   down to 50 mK indicated a phase transition at TN approximate to 1.8 K
   for D-Erand a broad Schottky-type feature with a sharp anomaly at 250 mK
   in an applied magnetic field of 0.8T along the c-axis in the case of
   C-Yb2Si2O7.},
DOI = {10.3390/cryst9040196},
Article-Number = {196},
ISSN = {2073-4352},
ResearcherID-Numbers = {Nair, Hari/D-3069-2013},
ORCID-Numbers = {Nair, Hari/0000-0002-4301-9380},
Unique-ID = {WOS:000467300100016},
}