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Osaka University

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(a) Normal structure of α-tetragonal boron. While icosahedra of boron (gray) have an ordered atomic arrangement, interstitial boron atoms (red) are randomly arranged. (b) Interstitial atoms are arranged in an ordered form in which the linear chains of interstitial atoms with different heights (red and blue) are alternately arranged.

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