“…The growth of single crystals has been hindered, on the one hand, by the twinning affinity and cleavage nature of b-Ga 2 O 3 , on the other hand, by the high melting temperature of b-Ga 2 O 3 (2000 K). Different fluxes and transport agents have been tested [4][5][6][7][8], resulting in prismatic, rod, needle and [9,10], however, the most used technique has been the floating zone (FZ) [11,12], by which crystals of few mm wide and several cm long have been grown.…”