Chemical trends of the rattling phonon modes in alloyed germanium clathrates

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 7726-7734

  Dong, Jianjun ^a   Sankey, Otto F ^a   Ramachandran, Ganesh K ^a   McMillan, Paul F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000807209     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.373447     Document Type: Article

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