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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Zintl Phases as Reactive Precursors for Synthesis of Novel Silicon and Germanium-Based Materials.

Matt Beekman, Susan M Kauzlarich, Luke Doherty, George S Nolas

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. SmInorganic chemistry · 2026
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  5. Zintl Phases: From Curiosities to Impactful Materials.Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society · 2023
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  8. A Review on Metastable Silicon Allotropes.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  11. Special Issue: Advances in Zintl Phases.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Matt BeekmanDepartment of Physics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA. mbeekman@calpoly.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9694-2286
Susan M KauzlarichDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. smkauzlarich@ucdavis.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3627-237X
Luke DohertyDepartment of Physics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA. ladohert@calpoly.edu.
George S NolasDepartment of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. gnolas@usf.edu.

Funding

National Science Foundation CHE-1710110National Science Foundation DMR-1748188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent experimental and theoretical work has demonstrated significant potential to tune the properties of silicon and germanium by adjusting the mesostructure, nanostructure, and/or crystalline structure of these group 14 elements. Despite the promise to achieve enhanced functionality with these already technologically important elements, a significant challenge lies in the identification of effective synthetic approaches that can access metastable silicon and germanium-based extended solids with a particular crystal structure or specific nano/meso-structured features. In this context, the class of intermetallic compounds known as Zintl phases has provided a platform for discovery of novel silicon and germanium-based materials. This review highlights some of the ways in which silicon and germanium-based Zintl phases have been utilized as precursors in innovative approaches to synthesize new crystalline modifications, nanoparticles, nanosheets, and mesostructured and nanoporous extended solids with properties that can be very different from the ground states of the elements.

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allotropesgermaniummesostructured materialsmetastablenanoparticlessiliconsoft chemistryZintl phase

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PMID30965603
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