Experimental evidence of new tetragonal polymorphs of silicon formed through ultrafast laser-induced confined microexplosion

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rapp, L ^a,c,d   Haberl, B ^a,c,d   Pickard, C J ^b   Bradby, J E ^a   Gamaly, E G ^a   Williams, J S ^a   Rode, A V ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOSION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY METHOD; LASER; SILICON;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY TEST; LASER; PLASMA; PRESSURE;

EID: 84934312523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8555     Document Type: Article

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