Nanodomain fragmentation and local rearrangements in CdSe under pressure

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

Volumn 105, Issue 50, 2008, Pages 19612-19616

  Leoni, Stefano ^a   Ramlau, Reiner ^a   Meier, Katrin ^a   Schmidt, Marcus ^a   Schwarz, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domains; Metastable phases; Molecular dynamics; Polymorphism; Solid solid phase transition

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SELENIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 58149523838     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805235105     Document Type: Article

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