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Abstract
Studies of germanium and silicon by x-ray diffraction reveal that their crystal structure changes at high pressures from the semiconducting diamond-type structure to the metallic white tin structure, in analogy to the known "gray" to "white" transition in tin itself.Entities:
Year: 1963 PMID: 17829124 DOI: 10.1126/science.139.3556.762
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728