title: Cooling of melts: kinetic stabilization and polymorphic transitions in the KInSnSe 4 system.
abstract: Through a flame-melting/rapid-cooling process, metastable forms of solid state compounds can be discovered. We describe here an example where both slow and rapid crystallizations of a stoichiometric "KInSnSe(4)" melt give rise to kinetic forms of KInSnSe(4). These forms (alpha- and beta-) convert to the thermodynamically stable gamma-form upon heating below the melting point.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Seong-Ju
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Ratnasabapathy G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Pantelis N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Trikalitis
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ogden
authors.forename: Mercouri G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kanatzidis