Single-crystal structure determination of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 postperovskite

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6292-6295

  Zhang, Li ^a,b   Meng, Yue ^c   Dera, Przemyslaw ^d,e   Yang, Wenge ^f   Mao, Wendy L ^g,h   Mao, Ho Kwang ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR HIGH PRESSURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH   (China)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f High Pressure Synergetic Consortium   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; IRON; PEROVSKITE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM SILICATES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84876274369     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304402110     Document Type: Article

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