The mechanism of ultrafast structural switching in superionic copper (I) sulphide nanocrystals

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Miller, T A ^a   Wittenberg, J S ^a   Wen, H ^b   Connor, S ^a   Cui, Y ^a   Lindenberg, A M ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NANOCRYSTAL; SULFIDE;

COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; MICROSCOPY; MOBILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSITION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84883697829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2385     Document Type: Article

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