Elusive AuF in the solid state as accessed via high pressure comproportionation.
Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations indicate that AuF might be synthesized at 22.6 GPa from AuF3 and Au (1 : 2), and subsequently quenched down to at least 5 GPa in the Cmcm (bent chain) structure.
Kurzydłowski
Dominik
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Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteur 1, Warsaw 02093, Poland. d.kurzydlowski@student.uw.edu.pl
Grochala
Wojciech
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