Synthesis and stability of xenon oxides Xe 2 O 5 and Xe 3 O 2 under pressure

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 784-790

  Dewaele, Agnès ^a   Worth, Nicholas ^b   Pickard, Chris J ^c,d,e   Needs, Richard J ^b   Pascarelli, Sakura ^f   Mathon, Olivier ^f   Mezouar, Mohamed ^f   Irifune, Tetsuo ^g,h  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^g EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 84979210911     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2528     Document Type: Article

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