J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 89, 104005 (2020) [5 Pages]
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Enantiopure Crystal Growth of a Chiral Magnet YbNi3Al9 via the Flux Method with a Temperature Gradient

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1Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan2Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan

To investigate chiral properties, it is important to prepare the enantiopure crystals. We grow a large enantiopure crystal of inorganic chiral magnet YbNi3Al9 via the flux method with a temperature gradient. This material has attracted attention because the occurrence of a nonlinear magnetic order called the chiral soliton lattice is firstly reported in the f-electron system. We have succeeded in obtaining an enantiopure crystal with a mass of 50 mg.

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