Thermal evolution of the metastable r8 and bc8 polymorphs of silicon

High Pressure Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-116

  Haberl, Bianca ^a,d   Guthrie, Malcolm ^b,e   Sinogeikin, Stanislav V ^c   Shen, Guoyin ^c   Williams, James S ^a   Bradby, Jodie E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE ERIC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

in situ annealing; metastable polymorphs; pressure induced transitions; silicon

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMONDS;

BODY-CENTERED CUBIC; DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; ELEVATED PRESSURE; IN-SITU ANNEALING; PRESSURE-INDUCED TRANSITIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TRANSITION PATHWAY;

SILICON;

EID: 84928588993     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957959.2014.1003555     Document Type: Article

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