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High Pressure Research
An International Journal
Volume 24, 2004 - Issue 1
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Structure of crystalline and amorphous Ge probed by X-ray absorption and diffraction techniques

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Pages 93-99 | Accepted 29 Aug 2003, Published online: 08 Jun 2010
 

Abstract

Results of experiments dedicated to the study of the structure under high pressure of amorphous Ge (a-Ge) and crystalline Ge (c-Ge) are reported. Energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction measurements of c-Ge have been collected at the DW11A beamline (DCI, LURE) using a heatable diamond anvil cell as pressure device up to 500 K. The a-Ge measurements have been performed at the ESRF, using the advanced set-up available at the BM29 beamline, which allows the simultaneous collection of X-ray absorption spectroscopy data and diffraction patterns used to monitor pressure and crystallization of a sample in a Paris–Edinburgh large-volume cell. The new structural data allowed us to obtain a reliable determination of the lattice parameters as a function of pressure and temperature in c-Ge and of the first-neighbor distance distribution in a-Ge.

Acknowledgements

Measurements at LURE and ESRF have been performed in the framework of the DH-103 and HS-1947 projects, respectively.

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