Spectral, thermal and hardness studies on unidirectional grown dichlorido diglycine zinc dihydrate single crystal

► Dichlorido diglycine zinc dihydrate has been grown by unidirectional crystal growth method. ► Optical good quality single crystal of 108 mm length and 12 mm diameter was grown. ► Single crystal XRD, FTIR, NMR, transmission and emission studies are discussed. ► NMR and photoluminescence studies are reported in this paper for the first time. ► The thermal and mechanical properties of the grown crystal are discussed in detail.