Novel chain structures in group VI elements

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-155

  Degtyareva, Olga ^a   Gregoryanz, Eugene ^a   Somayazulu, Maddury ^b   Dera, Przemyslaw ^a   Mao, H O Kwang ^a   Hemley, Russell J ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; METALLIZING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE COMPOSITION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SELENIUM; TELLURIUM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CHAIN STRUCTURES; METALLIC LIQUIDS; NON-METALLIC STATE; TRIANGULAR CHAINS;

SULFUR;

EID: 13144294071     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1294     Document Type: Article

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