Pressure-induced evolution of stoichiometries and electronic structures of host–guest Na–B compounds

Zixuan Guo; Xing Li; Aitor Bergara; Shicong Ding; Xiaohua Zhang; Guochun Yang

doi:10.1063/5.0155005

Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 8, Issue 6, 068401(2023)

Pressure-induced evolution of stoichiometries and electronic structures of host–guest Na–B compounds

Zixuan Guo¹, Xing Li¹, Aitor Bergara^2,3,4, Shicong Ding¹, Xiaohua Zhang¹, and Guochun Yang^1、a)

¹State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China

²Departamento de Física and EHU-Quantum Center, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain

³Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 Donostia, Spain

⁴Centro de Física de Materiales CFM, Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia, Spain

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Zixuan Guo, Xing Li, Aitor Bergara, Shicong Ding, Xiaohua Zhang, Guochun Yang. Pressure-induced evolution of stoichiometries and electronic structures of host–guest Na–B compounds[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(6): 068401

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Received: Apr. 17, 2023

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Published Online: Mar. 21, 2024

The Author Email: Guochun Yang (yanggc468@nenu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1063/5.0155005

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