Modulated structure of solid iodine during its molecular dissociation under high pressure

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6943, 2003, Pages 971-974

  Kenichi, Takemura ^a   Kyoko, Sato ^a,b   Hiroshi, Fujihisa ^c   Mitsuko, Onoda ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOCIATION; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INTERMOLECULAR DISTANCES;

IODINE;

IODINE; URANIUM;

CHEMISTRY; HIGH PRESSURE; IODINE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; DISSOCIATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID STATE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0038451453     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01724     Document Type: Article

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