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The Use of Chemostats in Microbial Systems Biology
Published on: October 14, 2013
Ge-Snシステムにおける混合と反応性の調整は,圧力と温度を用いて行われます
Christophe Guillaume1, George Serghiou, Andrew Thomson
1School of Engineering and Centre for Materials Science, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road EH9 3JL UK.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 4, 2009
まとめ
研究者らは,最初の大量ゲルマニウムタン (GeSn) 結晶を合成した. この新しい固体溶液は,高圧と高温で作られ,新しい材料の可能性を可能にしました.
科学分野:
- 材料科学 材料科学とは
- 固体物理 固体物理学
- クリスタログラフィーです.
背景:
- 大量ゲルマニウムタン (GeSn) の結晶の存在は,以前は確認されていなかった.
- ゲルマニウム (Ge) と亜鉛 (Sn) は10ギガパスカル (GPa) ほどで,類似の電子的および構造的性質を示している.
研究 の 目的:
- 最初の大量のGeSn固体溶液を合成し,特徴づけること.
- 高圧下におけるGeSnの構造的および電子的性質を調査する.
主な方法:
- 高圧合成実験は10GPaと1500Kで実施した.
- 合成後の解熱は770Kで行われました.
- Ex-situ分析には,伝送電子顕微鏡 (TEM),スキャニング電子顕微鏡 (SEM),X線 difraktion (XRD) が含まれていた.
主要な成果:
- A Ge{0.9) Sn{0.1) 固体溶液が回収されました.
- 結晶構造は,格子パラメータa = 6.014(1) Å,c = 7.057(1) Åを持つ空間群P4(3)2(1) 2として識別された.
- 単位セルには Z = 12 の式単位が含まれています.
結論:
- この研究は,大量のGeSn固体溶液を合成する可能性を示しています.
- 回収されたGeSn素材は,適用された条件下でユニークな結晶構造を有しています.
- この研究は,さまざまな技術アプリケーションにおけるGeSn合金の研究の道を開きます.
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