A variety of anomalous crystal growth phenomena observed in TiO 2 -alloy single crystals prepared by the laser heated pedestal melting technique have been theoretically analyzed and shown to be directly related to a large internally generated electric field associated with the TiO 2 Seebeck coefficient. Here, it is shown that this field effect can significantly change (1) solute partition coefficients, (2) eutectic or peritectic concentrations and temperatures, (3) solid phase effective diffusion coefficients, (4) the degree of constitutional supercooling, (5) stabilization of a normally metastable phase, etc.
