Composition-dependent bond lengths in crystalline and amorphized (formula presented) alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 10831-10836

  Hansen, J L ^e   Larsen, A N ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 0001532353     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.10831     Document Type: Article

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