No evidence of a metal-insulator transition in dense hot aluminum: a first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 16382-16388

  Silvestrelli, PierLuigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000082350     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.16382     Document Type: Article

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