Evidence for a monoclinic metallic phase in high-pressure VO 2

High Pressure Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-59

  Marini, C ^a   Baldassarre, L ^b   Baldini, M ^a   Perucchi, A ^b   Di Castro, D ^a   Malavasi, L ^c   Lupi, S ^a   Postorino, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

High pressure; Infrared; Metal insulator transition; Raman; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

APPLYING PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE; METALLIC PHASE; METALLIZATIONS; MONOCLINIC LATTICES; MONOCLINIC PHASE; PHONON FREQUENCIES; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; PRESSURE DEPENDENCIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL WEIGHT; TWO-REGIME; UNIT-CELL VOLUME; XRD;

METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 77950132878     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957951003600756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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