Metastable alumina polymorphs: Crystal structures and transition sequences

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1995-2012

  Levin, Igor ^a,b,c,d,e   Brandon, David ^{a,b,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o}  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g Cambridge University ^*

^h Battelle Geneva Research Center   (Switzerland)

ⁱ PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^j WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^k LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^m Institute of Metals   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ International Student Exchange

^o Bd Directors Acta Metallurgica Inc

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

FACE CENTERED CUBIC STRUCTURE; POLYMORPHS;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0032136488     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02581.x     Document Type: Article

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