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Transition metal dichalcogenides; NbTe₂ single crystal; EDAX; XRD.

NbTe₂ is a member of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) group. Single crystals of niobium ditelluride (NbTe₂) have been grown by a chemical vapour transport technique using iodine as transporting agent. The composition of the grown crystals was confirmed on the basis of energy dispersive analysis by X-ray (EDAX) and remaining structural characterization was also accomplished by X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies. Lattice parameters, volume and X-ray density have been carried out for the grown crystals. The particle size for a number of reflections has been calculated using Scherrer’s formula.

Neha Bhatt¹ Rajiv Vaidya¹ S G Patel¹ A R Jani¹

1. Department of Physics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar 388 120, India

Published

February 2004

Manuscript received

7 August 2002

Manuscript revised

10 November 2003