Prediction of an U2S3-type polymorph of Al 2O3 at 3.7 Mbar

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6526-6530

  Umemoto, Koichiro ^a   Wentzcovitch, Renata M ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina; First principles calculation; High pressure phase transition; Postperovskite; Rare earth sulfide structure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 44449167563     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711925105     Document Type: Article

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