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  • Synthesis of Star-Shaped Bo...
    Filonenko, Vladimir P.; Zinin, Pavel V.; Zibrov, Igor P.; Anokhin, Alexander S.; Kukueva, Elena V.; Lyapin, Sergey G.; Fominski, Vyacheslav Y.

    Crystals, 12/2018, Letnik: 8, Številka: 12
    Journal Article

    We synthesized star-shaped pentagonal microcrystals of boron carbide with an extremely low carbon content (~5%), from m-carborane under high pressure (7 GPa) and high temperature (1370–1670 K). These crystals have five-fold symmetry and grow in the shape of stars. A 5-fold symmetry in large micron-sized crystals is extremely rare making this a striking observation.