Infrastructure has been created in the Division to grow single crystals using solution, flux, melt and optical floating zone techniques. Efforts have also been put in for indigenous development of crystal growth workstations. The characterization facilities available in the Division include XRD, FTIR, DSC, TG-DTA, polarizing light microscope, optical interferometers, thermo-luminescence set up, hysteresis loop tracer, impedance analyzer etc. The following research areas are being pursued under the crystal growth activity:

• Crystal growth from solution
  
  
• Crystal growth from flux
  
  
• Crystal growth from melt
  
  
• Optical imaging of crystal growth process
  
  
  
  
• Major facilities
  
  
• Group members