Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Nested order-disorder framework containing a crystalline matrix with self-filled amorphous-like innards

  • Kejun Bu,
  • Qingyang Hu,
  • Xiaohuan Qi,
  • Dong Wang,
  • Songhao Guo,
  • Hui Luo,
  • Tianquan Lin,
  • Xiaofeng Guo,
  • Qiaoshi Zeng,
  • Yang Ding,
  • Fuqiang Huang,
  • Wenge Yang,
  • Ho-Kwang Mao,
  • Xujie Lü

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32419-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The synthesis and characterization of new crystalline-amorphous hybrid materials is challenging. Here, the authors report the preparation of a nested order-disorder framework by applying high pressure to a nested copper chalcogenide Cu12Sb4S13.