In situ studies of a platform for metastable inorganic crystal growth and materials discovery

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

Volumn 111, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 10922-10927

  Shoemaker, Daniel P ^a,c   Hu, Yung Jin ^a   Chung, Duck Young ^a   Halder, Gregory J ^a   Chupas, Peter J ^a   Soderholm, L ^a   Mitchell, J F ^a   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS; MATERIALS DISCOVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS; TECHNOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84905016686     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406211111     Document Type: Article

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