An et al. Reply
Qi An, K. Madhav Reddy, Kelvin Y. Xie, Kevin J. Hemker, William A. Goddard III
2017Phys. Rev. Lett., 118(8), Art. No. 089602
Abstract
Our Letter reported high-resolution transmission electron microscopy on commercial quality boron showing that ∼2=3 of the grains exhibit smooth microstructure, leading to an x-ray diffraction pattern of well-known beta boron [1]. The other 1=3 grains exhibit a uniform zigzag pattern that extends across the entire grain and exhibits a very regular twinlike symmetry on every other lattice plane. This second phase gives diffraction patterns that are different from beta.
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An, Q., Reddy, K. M., Xie, K. Y., Hemker, K. J., & III, W. A. G. (2017). An et al. Reply. *Phys. Rev. Lett.*, *118*(8), Art. No. 089602. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24012