Stability of numerous novel potassium chlorides at high pressure

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Weiwei ^a,b   Oganov, Artem R ^b,c,d,e   Zhu, Qiang ^b   Lobanov, Sergey S ^f,g   Stavrou, Elissaios ^f,h   Goncharov, Alexander F ^f,i,j  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^h LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84970005638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26265     Document Type: Article

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