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New Book on Crystal Growth, 2007

V.I.Chani, A.M.Balbashov, Investigation of the Phase Diagram of the System  PbO-B2O3-Bi2O3-Y2O3-Fe2O3-Ga2O3 for (YBi)3(FeGa)5O12 Crystal Growth from Flux, J.Cryst.Growth, 66 (1984) 616-620.

A.Ya.Chervonenkis, V.I.Chani, and V.E.Bakhteuzov, Optical Absorption and Faraday Rotation Spectra for Iron Garnet with a High Concentration of Bismuth, J. Appl. Spectroscopy, 43 (1985) 1113-1116.

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, K.Inoue, T.Fukuda, and K.Sugiyama, Synthesis and Search for Equilibrium Compositions of Borates with Huntite Structure,  J.Cryst.Growth, 132 (1993) 173-178.

V.I.Chani, K.Inoue, K.Shimamura, K.Sugiyama, and T.Fukuda, Segregation Coefficients in b-Ga2O3 Crystals Grown from B2O3-Based Flux, J.Cryst.Growth, 132 (1993) 335-336.

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, K.Inoue, and T.Fukuda, Huntite-Borate Crystallization in Stoichiometric Melts, J.Cryst.Growth, 133 (1993) 181-184.

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, K.Inoue, and T.Fukuda, Crystal Growth of Huntite-Borates Doped with Li+, Si4+, Ge4+, Ti4+, V5+, Cr3+, and Nd3+ from Highly Concentrated Molten Fluxes, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 32(10) (1993) 4669-4673.

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, K.Inoue, T.Sasaki, and T.Fukuda, Preparation of Some Rare-Earth Borates (R,Bi)(Al,Ga)3(BO3)4 with Huntite Structure by Flux Method, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 33(No.1A) (1994) 247-250.

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, and T.Fukuda, Crystallization of V5+- and Zr4+-Substituted KTiOPO4 Crystals from Flux, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 34 (1995) 206-209.

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, S.Endo, and T.Fukuda, Growth of K(M1/3Nb2/3)OAsO4 (M = Mg, Zn) Crystals with Structure of KTiOPO4, J.Cryst.Growth, 169 (1996) 604-605.

Y.M.Yu, V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, and T.Fukuda, Growth of Ca3(Li,Nb,Ga)5O12 Garnet Crystals from Stoichiometric Melts, J. Cryst. Growth, 171 (1997) 463-471

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, S.Endo, and T.Fukuda, Growth of Mixed Crystals of the KTiOPO4 (KTP) Family, J. Cryst. Growth, 171 (1997) 472-476

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, S.Endo, and T.Fukuda, Substitution of Ti4+ with Nb5+ - M3+, (M = Al, Cr, Ga, Fe, In) in Crystals of KTiOPO4, J.Cryst. Growth, 173 (1997) 117-122.

Y.M.Yu, V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, K.Inaba, and T.Fukuda, Growth of Vanadium Garnet Fiber Crystals and Variations of Lattice Parameters, J. Cryst. Growth, 177 (1997) 74-78.

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura and T.Fukuda, Determination of Equilibrium Cations for the KTiOPO4 (KTP) Structure, J. Mater. Res., 12 (1997) 2470-2474.

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura Y.M.Yu, and T.Fukuda, Design of New Oxide Crystals with Improved Structural Stability, Mater. Sci. Eng. R20 (1997) 281-338.

V.I.Chani, K.Nagata, T.Kawaguchi, M.Imaeda, and T.Fukuda, Segregation and Uniformity of K3Li2(Ta,Nb)5O15 Fiber Crystals Grown by Micro-Pulling-Down Method, J.Cryst. Growth, 194 (1998) 374-378.

H.Takeda, K.Shimamura, V.I.Chani, T.Fukuda, Effect of Starting Melt Composition on Crystal Growth of La3Ga5SiO14, J. Cryst. Growth, 197 (1999) 204-209.

V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, and T.Fukuda, Flux Growth of KNbO3 by Pulling-Down Method, Cryst. Res. Technol. 34 (1999) 519-525

V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, Y.Kuwano, K.Hasegawa and T.Fukuda, Growth of Y3Al5O12:Nd Fiber Crystals by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique, J. Cryst. Growth, 204 (1999) 155-162.

H.Takeda, K.Shimamura, V.I.Chani, T.Kato and T.Fukuda, Effect of Starting Melt Composition on Crystal Growth of La3Nb0.5Ga5.5O14, Crys. Res. Tech, 34 (1999) 1141-1147

V.I.Chani, T.Fukuda, Preparation of KSnOAsO4 Crystals from Flux, J. Cryst. Growth, 206 (1999) 245-248

V.I.Chani, H.Takeda and T.Fukuda, Liquid phase epitaxy of films with langasite structuture, Mater. Sci. and Egineering B, B60 (1999) 212-216

H. Takeda, T.Kato, V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura and T.Fukuda, Crystal growth and structure of La3M4+Ga5O14 (M=Ti, Zr, Hf), J. Alloys and Compounds, 290 (1999) 244-249.

H.Takeda, T.Kato, V.I.Chani, H.Morikoshi, K.Shimamura and T.Fukuda, Effect of (Sr, Ba) substitution in La3Ga5SiO14 and La3M0.5Ga5.5O14 (M=Nb5+,Ta5+) crystals on their synthesis, structure and piezoelectricity, J. Alloys and Compounds, 290 (1999) 79-84

T.Fukuda, K.Shimamura, V.V.Kochurikhin, V.I.Chani, B.M. Epelbaum, S.L. Baldochi H.Takeda, A.Yoshikawa, Crystal growth of oxide and fluoride materials for optical, piezoelectric and other applications, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 10 (1999) 571-580

T.Nakagawa, T.Matsumoto, V.I.Chani, and T.Fukuda, K2NbAlO2[(As,Nb)O4]2 isostructural with KTiOPO4, Acta Crystallogr. C55 (1999) 1391-1393

V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, H.Machida, T.Satoh, T.Fukuda, Growth of Tb3Ga5O12 Fiber and Bulk Crystals Using Micro-Pulling-Down Apparatus, J.Cryst.Growth, 210(4) (2000) 663-669.

V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, H.Machida, T.Fukuda, Melt Growth of (Tb,Lu)3Al5O12 Mixed Garnet Fiber Crystals, J.Cryst.Growth, 212 (3-4) (2000) 469-475

V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, H.Machida, T.Fukuda, (Tb,Yb)3Al5O12 Garnet: Crystal-Chemistry and Fiber Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique, Mater. Sci. and Egineering B 75(1) (2000), 53-60

V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, Y.Kuwano, K.Inaba, K.Omote, and T.Fukuda, Preparation and Characterization of Yb:Y3Al5O12 Fiber Crystals, Mater. Res. Bull. 35 (10) (2000) 1615-1624

T.Fukuda, V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, Lithium Niobate, Lithium Borate, and Lithium Tantalate for NLO, Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001, pp.4603-4610

V.I.Chani, Effect of Cation Radii on Formation of Complex Oxide Crystals, J. Ceramic Processing Research, 4(2) (2003) 67-70.

T. Fukuda, V. I. Chani and K. Shimamura, Melt Growth of Oxide Crystals for SAW, Piezoelectric and Non-Linear Optical Applications, Crystal Growth Technology/ Ed. H.Sheel and T.Fukuda (eds.), 664 Seiten, Gebunden, John Wiley & Sons, 2004 (Book content only).

V.I.Chani, in: Fiber Crystal Growth from the Melt, Series: T.Fukuda, P. Rudolph, S. Uda, (Eds.), 2004, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, 129-184 (Book content only).

H.Sato, V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, Y.Kagamitani, H.Machida, T.Fukuda, Micro-Pulling-Down Growth and Characterization of Tb3-xTmxAl5O12 Fiber Crystals for Faraday Rotator Applications, J.Cryst.Growth, 264 (2004) 253-259.

V.I.Chani, Q.Yang, D.S.Wilkinson, G.C.Weatherly, Effect of Substrate Pre-Coating on Adhesion of Sintered Nickel Plaques for Electrode Applications in Rechargeable Battaries, J. Power Sources 142 (2005) 370-381.

K.Lebbou, D.Perrodin, V.I.Chani, O.Aloui, A.Brenier, J.M.Fourmigue, O.Tillement, J.Didierjean, F.Balembois, and P.Gorges, Fiber Single-Crystal Growth from the Melt for Optical Applications, J.Amer.Ceram.Soc. 89(2006)75.

V.I.Chani, K. Lebbou, B.Hautefeuille, O. Tillement, J.-M. Fourmigue, Evaporation Induced Diameter Control in Fiber Crystal Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique: Bi4Ge3O12, Cryst. Res. Technol., 41(10) (2006) 972-978.

Shaped Crystals: Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique, Series: T.Fukuda, V.I. Chani (Eds.), 2007, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, (Book preface and content only).

M. Zhuravleva, V.I. Chani, T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, The Micro-Pulling-Down Growth of Bi4Si3O12 (BSO) and Bi4Ge3O12 (BGO) Fiber Crystals and Their Scintillation Efficiency, J.Cryst.Growth, 310 (2008) 2152-2156.

A. Yoshikawa, V.I. Chani, Growth of Optical Crystals by the Micro-Pulling-Down Method, MRS Bulletein, 34 (2009) 266-270.

N. Abe, T. Yanagida, Y. Yokota, S. Maeo, J. Pejchal, Y. Fujimoto, Y. Furuya, H. Tanaka, N. Kawaguchi, K. Fukuda, V. Chani, K. Kamada, M. Nikl, A. Yoshikawa, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Tm:K2NaLuF6, Optical Materials, 32 (2010) 589-594.

A. Yoshikawa, T. Yanagida, Y. Yokota, A. Yamaji, Y. Fujimoto, J. Pejchal, V.I. Chani, N. Kawaguchi, S. Ishizu, K. Fukuda, T. Suyama, M. Nikl, Crystal growth and VUV luminescence properties of Er3+- and Tm3+-doped LiCaAlF6 for detectors, Optical Materials (2010), Article in Press.

T. Yanagida, N. Kawaguchi, S. Ishizu, Y. Yokota, K. Fukuda, T. Suyama, A. Yoshikawa, H. Sekiya, H. Kubo, T. Tanimori, V. Chani, Crystal growth and evaluations of Nd:LuLiF4 scintillators for different Nd concentration IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57 (2010) 1312-1315.

V.I. Chani, G. Boulon, W. Zhao, T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, Correlation between segregation of rare earth dopants in melt crystal growth and ceramic processing for optical applications, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 49 (2010), 0756011-0756016.

T. Yanagida, K.J. Kim, K. Kamada, Y. Yokota, S. Maeo, A. Yoshikawa, N. Kawaguchi, K. Fukuda, N. Sarukura, V. Chani. Growth, optical properties, and scintillation light yield of CaF2:Ce crystals with different Ce concentration, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 49 (2010), 032601.

T. Yanagida, N. Kawaguchi, Y. Fujimoto, M. Sugiyama, Y. Furuya, K. Kamada, Y. Yokota, A. Yoshikawa, V. Chani, Growth and scintillation properties of BaMgF4, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, 621 (2010) 473-477.

T. Yanagida, K. Kamada, N. Kawaguchi, Y. Fujimoto, K. Fukuda, Y. Yokota, V. Chani, A. Yoshikawa, Basic study of single crystal fibers of Pr:Lu3Al5O12 scintillator for gamma-ray imaging applications, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, (2010) Article in Press.

T. Yanagida, Y. Fujimoto, N. Kawaguchi, Y. Yokota, K. Kamada, D. Totsuka, S.-I. Hatamoto, A. Yoshikawa, V. Chani, Scintillation properties of Ce-doped LuLiF4 and LuScBO3, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, (2010) Article in Press.

Y. Fujimoto, T. Yanagida, Y. Yokota, N. Kawaguchi, K. Fukuda, D. Totsuka, K. Watanabe, A. Yamazaki, V. Chani, A. Yoshikawa, Scintillation and optical properties of Pb-doped YCa4O(BO3)3 crystals, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, (2010) Article in Press.

N. Kawaguchi, T. Yanagida, Y. Fujimoto, Y. Yokota, K. Kamada, K. Fukuda, T. Suyama, K. Watanabe, A. Yamazaki, V. Chani, A. Yoshikawa, Thermal neutron imaging with rare-earth-ion-doped LiCaAlF6 scintillators and a sealed 252Cf source, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, (2010) Article in Press.

W. Zhao, S. Anghel, C. Mancini, D. Amans, G. Boulon, T. Epicier, Y. Shi, X.Q. Feng, Y.B. Pan, V. Chani, A. Yoshikawa, Ce3+ dopant segregation in Y3Al5O12 optical ceramics, Optical Materials 33 (2011) 684–687.

T. Yanagida, A. Fukabori, Y. Fujimoto, A. Ikesue, K. Kamada, J. Kataoka, Y. Yokota, A. Yoshikawa, V. Chani, Scintillation properties of transparent Lu3Al5O12 (LuAG) ceramics doped with different concentrations of Pr3+, Physica Status Solidi (C) 8 (2011) 140-143 (Abstract only).

Y. Fujimoto, T. Yanagida, H. Sekiwa, Y. Yokota, V. Chani, A. Yoshikawa, Scintillation characteristic of In,Ga-Doped ZnO thin films with different dopant concentrations, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 50 (2011) 01BG04.

T. Yanagida, M. Sato, K. Kamada, Y. Fujimoto, Y. Yokota, A. Yoshikawa, V. Chani, Optical properties and gamma-ray response of Czochralski grown Pr:Lu3Al5O12 scintillating garnet crystals with different Pr content, Optical Materials 33 (2011) 413-418.

Y. Furuya, H. Tanaka, K. Fukuda, N. Kawaguchi, Y. Yokota, T. Yanagida, J. Pejchal, V. Chani, M. Nikl, A. Yoshikawa, Scintillation properties of (Na0.425Lu0.575-xNdx)F2.15 and its comparison with (Ca1-xNdx)F2+xand NdF3, Physica Status Solidi (C) 8 (2011) 136-139 (Abstract only).

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