Triggering dynamics of the high-pressure benzene amorphization

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-43

  Ciabini, Lucia ^a,b   Santoro, Mario ^a,c   Gorelli, Federico A ^a,c   Bini, Roberto ^a,b   Schettino, Vincenzo ^a,b   Raugei, Simone ^d  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AMORPHOUS HYDROGENATED CARBON; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; TRIGGERING DYNAMICS;

BENZENE;

EID: 33845999287     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1803     Document Type: Article

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