Properties of the exotic metastable ST12 germanium allotrope

Zhisheng Zhao; Haidong Zhang; Duck Young Kim; Wentao Hu; Emma S. Bullock; Timothy A. Strobel

doi:10.1038/ncomms13909

Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Properties of the exotic metastable ST12 germanium allotrope

Zhisheng Zhao,
Haidong Zhang,
Duck Young Kim,
Wentao Hu,
Emma S. Bullock,
Timothy A. Strobel

Affiliations

Zhisheng Zhao: Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Haidong Zhang: Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Duck Young Kim: Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Wentao Hu: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Emma S. Bullock: Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Timothy A. Strobel: Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13909
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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There has been disagreement on the properties of the ST12 phase of germanium due to the purity and size scale of samples synthesized so far. Here authors demonstrate a method for making pure, bulk samples and measure properties in agreement with computational predictions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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