Crystal structure of the pressure-induced metallic phase of SiH4 from ab initio theory

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

Volumn 105, Issue 43, 2008, Pages 16454-16459

  Kima, D Y ^a   Scheichera, R H ^a   Lebegueb S ^b   Prasongkita, J ^a   Arnaudc, B ^c   Alouanid, M ^c   Ahujaa, R ^a,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Nancy University CNRS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrogen rich; Metallization

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METAL; SILANE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 55949134174     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804148105     Document Type: Article

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