Comparison of solid-state crystallization of boron polymorphs at ambient and high pressures

High Pressure Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-38

  Kurakevych, Oleksandr O ^a,b   Le Godec, Yann ^a   Hammouda, Tahar ^c   Goujon, Céline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

boron; phase transformation; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS BORON; AMORPHOUS PHASE; CRYSTALLINE FORM; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PURITY; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; SOLID STATE PHASE TRANSFORMATION; SOLID-STATE CRYSTALLIZATION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; INTERMETALLICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84861179595     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957959.2011.635145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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