WO2024031123A1 - Verfahren zur herstellung eines saphir-kristalls - Google Patents
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- C30—CRYSTAL GROWTH
- C30B—SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C30B29/00—Single crystals or homogeneous polycrystalline material with defined structure characterised by the material or by their shape
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- C30—CRYSTAL GROWTH
- C30B—SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C30B11/00—Single-crystal growth by normal freezing or freezing under temperature gradient, e.g. Bridgman-Stockbarger method
- C30B11/14—Single-crystal growth by normal freezing or freezing under temperature gradient, e.g. Bridgman-Stockbarger method characterised by the seed, e.g. its crystallographic orientation
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C30—CRYSTAL GROWTH
- C30B—SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C30B13/00—Single-crystal growth by zone-melting; Refining by zone-melting
- C30B13/34—Single-crystal growth by zone-melting; Refining by zone-melting characterised by the seed, e.g. by its crystallographic orientation
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- the invention relates to a method for producing a sapphire crystal by growing it from a melt.
- Synthetically produced single-crystalline materials have a wide range of technical applications. Depending on the type of material, different methods are suitable for producing the corresponding single crystals.
- the starting or raw material which is usually polycrystalline, must be subjected to recrystallization.
- the manufacturing processes can be differentiated according to the phase transitions that lead to the single crystal. These can be grown from the melt, from the solution or from the gas phase.
- a so-called seed crystal or a seed crystal forms the basis for the addition of further layers of lattice planes of the crystal lattice formed from atoms.
- the starting material When growing a single crystal from a melt, the starting material must be heated above its melting temperature in a crucible in an appropriate furnace and thus liquefied. In order for the melt to crystallize on the seed crystal, the temperature must fall slowly enough below the melting point. For this purpose, the seed crystal is kept slightly below the melting temperature by cooling.
- Single crystals made from sapphire are particularly important for technical and industrial applications. These can be made synthetically from molten aluminum oxide (AI2O3). Sapphire is acid-resistant and, because of its high scratch resistance, is used, for example, as a so-called sapphire crystal for watch glasses or as a scratch-resistant display on smartphones.
- AI2O3 molten aluminum oxide
- the object of the present invention was to create a process for producing crystals with improved properties.
- a disk-shaped seed crystal is arranged at the bottom of a crucible and a starting material made of aluminum oxide is filled into the crucible above it, the starting material comprising aluminum oxide in lumpy, granular or powdery form.
- the starting material is heated until the melt is formed Subsequently, recrystallization of the starting material is carried out on the seed crystal by cooling the melt.
- a number of tiles are put together like a mosaic, with the seed crystal being formed by these joined tiles. This achieves the advantage of forming a crystal with higher breaking strength. It can also be used to produce crystals with larger diameters.
- Another advantage is the development of the method, whereby the tiles are produced with the same external shape and the arrangement of the plurality of tiles forms a two-dimensional, macroscopic crystal structure. This enables the targeted generation of an axially symmetrical distribution of crystal dislocations in the crystal produced using the process.
- an external shape of the tiles has the shape of symmetrical hexagons.
- an external shape of the tiles has the shape of equilateral triangles.
- an external shape of the tiles is provided in the form of squares that are identical to one another.
- the procedure in which the crystallographic c-axis of the crystal lattice of the seed crystal is aligned parallel with respect to a surface normal of a top side of the seed crystal has the advantage that preferred optical properties can be achieved more easily during the later production of waves from the synthetic crystal.
- Fig. 1 shows a device for producing a single crystal by growing from the melt
- Fig. 2 shows a cross section of the device or the crucible according to Fig. 1;
- FIG. 3 shows a cross section of the crucible according to FIG. 1, according to a second exemplary embodiment
- Fig. 4 shows a cross section of the crucible according to Fig. 1, according to a third exemplary embodiment.
- the device 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a device 1 for producing a single crystal by growing from the melt, shown in section.
- the device 1 comprises a crucible 2, the outer circumference of which is surrounded by a heating device 3 - only indicated schematically here.
- the crucible 2 is approximately cup-shaped with a bottom 4.
- the crucible 2, filled with a corresponding starting material 5 is inserted into an oven, not shown here.
- This is an oven that is specially equipped for use at particularly high temperatures. Thermal insulation to prevent heat or energy loss as well as shielding against atmospheric influences, such as the ingress of air oxygen, are provided. Alternatively, portions of the inner volume of the furnace can be filled with protective gas or emptied by vacuum pumps.
- the starting material 5 can have a lumpy, granular or even a powdery structure. Larger pieces can also be used to achieve a better filling density in the crucible 2.
- a seed crystal or a seed crystal 6 is arranged on the bottom 4 of the crucible 2.
- the seed crystal 6 is one monocrystalline, thin slice of the crystalline material to be produced is used.
- the seed crystal 6 preferably extends over almost an entire inner diameter 7 of the crucible 2.
- the remaining volume of the crucible 2 is filled with the starting material 5.
- the crucible 2 can finally be closed by a crucible lid 8. Materials from the group of iridium, tungsten or molybdenum are suitable as materials for producing the crucible 2 and the crucible lid 8.
- the crucible 2 with the starting material 5 is finally heated, as a result of which the initially solid starting material 5 is transferred into a melt 9.
- the surface of the seed crystal 6 can also partially melt.
- a temperature gradient is formed in the area of the bottom 4 of the crucible 2, which leads to heat being removed from the melt 9.
- this leads to an attachment of atoms from the melt 9 to the seed crystal 6 and thus to progressive crystal growth. This continues until the entire amount of the starting material 5 or the entire volume of the melt 9 is formed or recrystallized into a one-piece single crystal of the material.
- the seed crystal 6 is preferably previously artificially produced sapphire crystals, in the form of a so-called “waver” (thin disk).
- the seed crystal 6 for producing sapphire single crystals preferably has a thickness 10 with a value in the range of 0.3 mm to 1 mm.
- the seed crystal 6 is also preferably manufactured in such a way that its crystal lattice is aligned in a preferred relative position with respect to the macroscopic surfaces of the seed crystal 6.
- the crystallographic c-axis of the crystal lattice of the seed crystal 6 is preferably aligned parallel with respect to a surface normal 11 of a top side 12 of the seed crystal 6.
- 2 shows a cross section of the device 1 or the crucible 2 according to FIG. 1.
- the illustration in FIG is arranged on the bottom 4 of the crucible 2.
- the seed crystal 6 comprises a mosaic-like arrangement of tiles 13.
- the tiles 13 of the seed crystal 6 in particular have the same external shape in the form of symmetrical hexagons. Side edges 14 of the tiles 13 are joined close together, so that the arrangement of the tiles 13 forms a hexagonal pattern.
- An arrangement of the tiles 13 should be understood to mean a flat arrangement of thin disks with the same thickness as the thickness 10 of the seed crystal 6.
- the seed crystal 6 consisting of the tiles 13 is produced in such a way that further tiles 13 are joined together to form the pattern around a first tile 13 arranged centrally around the central axis 15 in the radial direction, progressing from the inside to the outside. This is done in particular in such a way that mutually facing side edges 14 of immediately adjacent tiles 13 touch each other, that is to say that no joints remain free between them. Top sides of the tiles 13 therefore together form a seamlessly connected surface, ie the surface of the top side 12 of the seed crystal 6.
- the single crystals of the individual tiles 13 are spatially aligned in the same way. This means that grid planes of the same type of a first tile 13 and a second tile 13 adjacent to it are spatially aligned in the same way.
- the production of a sapphire single crystal using such a seed crystal 6 formed from a plurality of tiles 13 enables the crystal growth to be influenced in a targeted manner.
- the sapphire crystal ultimately produced in this way has a higher breaking strength than the breaking strength of sapphire single crystals with fewer crystal dislocations.
- 3 shows a further and possibly independent embodiment of the device 1, with the same reference numbers or component names being used for the same parts as in the previous FIGS. 1 and 2. In order to avoid unnecessary repetitions, reference is made to the detailed description in the previous FIGS. 1 and 2.
- FIG. 3 shows a cross section of the crucible 2 of the device 1 according to FIG. 1, in the state not yet filled with the starting material 5.
- the seed crystal 6 is already arranged on the bottom 4 of the crucible 2.
- the seed crystal 6 is composed of triangular tiles 16.
- the tiles 16 of this seed crystal 6 have an external shape in the form of isosceles triangles. Further tiles 16 are added in a radially progressive manner around a first tile 16 arranged centrally around the central axis 15.
- the triangular tiles 16 are cut from previously artificially produced single crystals of the corresponding material.
- the tiles 16 are manufactured in a size so that side edges 17 have a length 18 with a value of 15 mm to 35 mm.
- tiles 13, 16 with the same external shape and dimensions are preferably used.
- the formation of a two-dimensional crystal structure can be achieved. This means that the tiles 13, 16 are assembled to form the seed crystal 6 with a periodicity corresponding to a macroscopic crystal structure.
- the seed crystal 6 on the bottom 4 of the crucible 2 is composed of tiles 19 with an outer contour in the shape of a square. Further square tiles 19 are arranged around a first tile 19 arranged axially symmetrically around the central axis 15. The arrangement of the tiles 19 of the seed crystal 6 forms a two-dimensional macroscopic crystal system.
- single crystals of the desired material can be produced, into which a distribution of crystal dislocations is impressed to a predetermined extent.
- the method according to the invention also has the advantage that crystals with larger diameters 7 can be produced.
- All information on value ranges in this description should be understood to include any and all sub-ranges, e.g. the information 1 to 10 should be understood to include all sub-ranges, starting from the lower limit 1 and the upper limit 10 , i.e. all subranges start with a lower limit of 1 or greater and end with an upper limit of 10 or less, e.g. 1 to 1.7, or 3.2 to 8.1, or 5.5 to 10.
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