High pressure synthesis of single crystals of α-boron

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 321, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-166

  Parakhonskiy, Gleb ^a   Dubrovinskaia, Natalia ^b,c   Dubrovinsky, Leonid ^a   Mondal, Swastik ^c   Van Smaalen, Sander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alfa boron; Growth from melt; High pressure; Single crystal growth

Indexed keywords

ALFA-BORON; AS-GROWN; AVERAGE SIZE; GROWTH FROM MELT; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS; ISOMETRIC CRYSTALS; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 79953234008     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.02.036     Document Type: Article

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