Threefold coordinated germanium in a GeO2 melt

Abstract The local structure around germanium is a fundamental issue in material science and geochemistry. In the prevailing viewpoint, germanium in GeO2 melt is coordinated by at least four oxygen atoms. However, the viewpoint has been debated for decades due to several unexplained bands present in...

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Main Authors: Songming Wan, Shujie Zhang, Bin Li, Xue Zhang, Xiaoye Gong, Jinglin You
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42890-3