The Crystal Growth Laboratory is a support facility within the School of Physical Sciences (SPS) at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science located in Kolkata, India.

From a synthesis perspective, our laboratory is dedicated to the growth of large single crystals for our research projects. A single crystal is defined as a regular array of atoms that is repeated with the same orientation and without interruption throughout the sample. Much of the progress in solid-state physics, which has led to the development of the transistor, the integrated circuit, and a number of lasers, can be attributed to the availability of single crystals for both research and the manufacturing of marketable devices.

We have grown a wide variety of single crystals mainly Van der Walls (vdW) low dimensional chalcogenides and a few 2D magnets using the chemical vapor transport (CVT) method. The crystals grown are usually produced in a series with varying concentrations of rare earth and/or transition metal ion dopants. While most of the crystals grown here are used in-house, we will be happy to provide readymade crystals to researchers at government and university laboratories.

(A) Two-zone furnace  - 1:  Maximum continuous working temperature  1000°C

(B) Two-zone furnace  - 2:  Maximum continuous working temperature  1300°C 

(C)  Box furnace -  1:  Maximum continuous working temperature - 1100°C