@article{b335eac7799249abbbd9001e708eddf3,
title = "Numerical study of three-dimensional melt flows during the TSSG process of SiC crystal for the influence of input parameters of RF-coils and an external rotating magnetic field",
abstract = "Three-dimensional numerical simulations were conducted for the Top-Seeded Solution Growth (TSSG) process of silicon carbide (SiC) crystals. We investigated the influence of coils frequency and peak current, and an applied rotating magnetic field (RMF) on the melt flow developing in this system. Numerical simulation results show that the Marangoni flow in the melt becomes stronger at higher coils frequencies due to the decreasing coils-induced electromagnetic field strength. Results also show that the use of external RMF may improve supersaturation uniformity along the seed if it is properly adjusted with respect to the coils-induced electromagnetic field strength. Furthermore, it is predicted that the application of RMF and seed rotation in the same direction may enhance supersaturation below the seed.",
keywords = "Flow control, SiC crystal growth, TSSG method",
author = "Lei Wang and Yuto Takehara and Atsushi Sekimoto and Yasunori Okano and Toru Ujihara and Sadik Dost",
note = "Funding Information: The research work was financially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. JP18H03839) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan. The authors gratefully acknowledge the computational resources provided by the Research Institute for Information Technology at Kyushu University. Funding Information: Funding: The research work was financially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. JP18H03839) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
doi = "10.3390/cryst10020111",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
journal = "Crystals",
issn = "2073-4352",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "2",
}