Bulk synthesis and structure of a microcrystalline allotrope of germanium (m-allo -ge)

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4578-4586

  Kiefer, Florian ^a   Karttunen, Antti J ^b   Döblinger, Markus ^c   Fässler, Thomas F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

allotropy; germanium; modification; stacking fault; structure

Indexed keywords

ALLOTROPY; APPROXIMATE MODEL; BULK SYNTHESIS; DFT CALCULATION; DFT-B3LYP; DIRECT BAND GAP; EXISTING STRUCTURE; FIVE-MEMBERED RINGS; LAYER SEQUENCE; MICROCRYSTALLINE POWDERS; MODIFICATION; POWDER SAMPLES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; POWDERED SAMPLES; PROTIC SOLVENTS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; SCALE-UP; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OXIDATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 80054774232     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm201976x     Document Type: Article

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