IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy2311TechnologyGROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PICRIC ACID MIXED ZTS SINGLE CRYSTALS P.SelvarajanD.JencylinS.Lincy Mary Ponmani14092012)122132This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

The growth of picric acid-doped Zinc tris (thiourea) sulphate ( ZTS) single crystals were grown from aqueous solution by slow evaporation technique. 1.5 mol% of picric acid was added in saturated solution of ZTS. When picric acid was added as dopant, morphological alterations were noticed in the grown crystals. Cell parameters of the grown crystals were obtained from the XRD analysis and the presence of functional groups was identified by FTIR study. Its optical properties were examined by UV-vis analysis. The microhardness values were measured for the grown crystals and discussed.

ZTS; doped ; Solubility; crystal growth; FTIR; microhardness;SHG.