Hidden polymorphs drive vitrification in B 2 O 3

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 925-929

  Ferlat, Guillaume ^a   Seitsonen, Ari Paavo ^a,b   Lazzeri, Michele ^a   Mauri, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLASS FORMING MACHINES; POROUS MATERIALS; VITRIFICATION;

AMBIENT PRESSURES; CRYSTALLINE FORM; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINE POLYMORPHS; FORMATION ENERGIES; GLASS-FORMING SYSTEMS; INITIO CALCULATIONS; NANO-POROUS MATERIALS;

GLASS;

EID: 84867841794     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3416     Document Type: Article

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