Abstract
We have successfully grown cm 3-size single crystals of the metallic-ferromagnet Sm 2Mo 2O 7 by the floating-zone method using an infrared image furnace. The growth difficulties and the remedies found using a 2-mirror image furnace are discussed. Magnetization studies along the three crystalline axes of the compound are presented and discussed based on our recent proposal of an ordered spin-ice ground state for this compound.
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