Synthesis of an open-framework allotrope of silicon

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-173

  Kim, Duck Young ^a   Stefanoski, Stevce ^a   Kurakevych, Oleksandr O ^a,b   Strobel, Timothy A ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ENERGY GAP; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SILICON; SODIUM;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; HIGH PRESSURE; INDIRECT BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS; OPEN CHANNELS; OPEN FRAMEWORKS; PRECURSOR SYNTHESIS; SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY; TWO-STEP SYNTHESIS;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84925521335     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4140     Document Type: Article

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