Nested order-disorder framework containing a crystalline matrix with self-filled amorphous-like innards.

ABSTRACT: Solids can be generally categorized by their structures into crystalline and amorphous states with different interactions among atoms dictating their properties. Crystalline-amorphous hybrid structures, combining the advantages of both ordered and disordered components, present a promising opportunity to design materials with emergent collective properties. Hybridization of crystalline and amorphous structures at the sublattice level with long-range periodicity has been rarely observed. Here, we report a nested order-disorder framework (NOF) constructed by a crystalline matrix with self-filled amorphous-like innards that is obtained by using pressure to regulate the bonding hierarchy of Cu₁₂Sb₄S₁₃. Combined in situ experimental and computational methods dem

SUBMITTER: Bu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9363411 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature