High-pressure study of ternary mercury chalcogenides: Phase transitions, mechanical and electrical properties

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2021-2026

  Shchennikov, Vladimir V ^a   Ovsyannikov, Sergey V ^a   Yu Frolova, Natalya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROHARDNESS; NEGATIVE IONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASTICITY; POSITIVE IONS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

CINNABAR; MACROSCOPIC BENDING; SPHALERITE; TERNARY MERCURY CHALCOGENIDE;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0041821517     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/16/317     Document Type: Article

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