(of a solid compound) having a composition in which the ratio of the atoms present is not a simple integer
Examples of 'nonstoichiometric' in a sentence
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It was observed that nonstoichiometric wires had relatively higher defect concentrations.
Keivan Davami, Mehrdad Shaygan, Nazli Kheirabi, Hessam Ghassemi 2015, 'A Study on the Stoichiometry of One-Dimensional Nanostructures', Advances in Condensed Matter Physicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/587696. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric ceramics exhibited a single perovskite phase with pseudo-cubic symmetry.
Sasiporn Prasertpalichat, Whitney Schmidt, David P. Cann 2016, 'Effects of A-site nonstoichiometry on oxide ion conduction in 0.94Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3–0.06BaTiO3ceramics', Journal of Advanced Dielectricshttp://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2010135X16500120. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both the mullite and the pyroxenes are nonstoichiometric.
Elisa Laita, Blanca Bauluz, Alfonso Yuste 2019, 'High-Temperature Mineral Phases Generated in Natural Clinkers by Spontaneous Combustionof Coal', Mineralshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/4/213. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry studies resulted in a nonstoichiometric composition of the title compound.
Boža Veličkov, Volker Kahlenberg, Rainer Bertram, Reinhard Uecker 2008, 'Redetermination of terbium scandate, revealing a defect-type perovskite derivative',Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808033394. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Catanionic vesicles are supramolecular aggregates spontaneously forming in water by electrostatic attraction between two surfactants mixed in nonstoichiometric ratios.
Laura Russo, Valerio Berardi, Franco Tardani, Camillo La Mesa, Gianfranco Risuleo 2013, 'Delivery of RNA and Its Intracellular Translation into Protein Mediated by SDS-CTABVesicles: Potential Use in Nanobiotechnology', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/734596. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)