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Title: Sampling Polymorphs of Ionic Solids using Random Superlattices

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Next Generation of Materials by Design: Incorporating Metastability (CNGMD); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1241582
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5K00-65700
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 7; Related Information: Physical Review Letters; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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