Phonon band structures and resonant scattering in Na8Si46 and Cs8Sn44 clathrates

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 261-267

  Tse, J S ^a   Li, Z ^a   Uehara, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0035797804     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00515-8     Document Type: Article

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