Growth and properties of single crystals of relaxor PZN–PT materials obtained from high-temperature solution

Large, high-quality single crystals of (1−x)Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)–xPbTiO3 [PZN–PT] relaxors (with the composition range from ∼6 to ∼10%mol. PT) have been grown with a high degree of reproducibility by the gradient cooling method in a specially designed furnace from high-temperature solution. The crystal size is limited by the crucible diameter only. A preliminary series of more than 50 crystal growth experiments using the “standard” flux method …