Ba0.9Sr0.1TiO3 single crystal fibers were successfully,grown using the lase
r heated pedestal growth (LHPG) technique. Tetragonal perovskite phase was
found with cell parameters a = 3.978 Angstrom and c = 4.020 Angstrom. Tempe
rature dependences of the dielectric constant and thermal expansion propert
ies were analyzed and three sharp anomalies related to the rhombohedral-ort
horhombic, orthorhombic-tetragonal and tetragonal-cubic structural transfor
mations were observed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.