  Ni-doped LiMn0.95Ni0.05PO4 single crystals have been grown for the first time
by the travelling-solvent floating-zone method at low Argon pressure. The grown
sample exhibits large single crystalline grains as revealed by means of
polarization microscopy and X-ray Laue back scattering. The composition of the
crystal was determined by Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.
LiMn0.95Ni0.05PO4 orders in an orthorhombic olivine-like structure as expected
and phase purity was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction. An oriented cuboid
with size of 2.4 x 2.5 x 2.7 mm3 along a, b, and c crystalline directions,
respectively, was used for anisotropic magnetic measurements.
