Boron: A hunt for superhard polymorphs

Journal of Superhard Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Oganov, A R ^a,b   Solozhenko, V L ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Boron; Phase diagram; Polymorphism; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449350717     PISSN: 10634576     EISSN: 19349408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S1063457609050013     Document Type: Article

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