Anomalous temperature dependence of the first diffraction peak in vitreous boron trioxide

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 244-254

  Bermejo, F ^a   Dawidowski, J ^a   Fernandez Perea R ^a   Martinez J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0040624157     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.244     Document Type: Article

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