Experimental determination of the phonon density of states in filled skutterudites: Evidence for a localized mode of the filling atom

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1617-1619

  Viennois, R ^a,b,c   Girard, L ^b   Koza, M M ^d   Mutka, H ^d   Ravot, D ^b   Terki, F ^a   Charar, S ^a   Tedenac, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; CERIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NEUTRON; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTIMONY; CERIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; NEUTRONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 18144390635     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b502655p     Document Type: Article

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