Mn14Al56+xGe3-x (x = 0-0.6): A New Intermetallic Phase Containing Unprecedented "Half-Broken" Mackay Icosahedra as Building Units

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4398-4403

  Wu, Li Ming ^a   Seo, Dong Kyun ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GERMANIUM; MANGANESE; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CURIE COMPONENTS; ICOSAHEDRAL SYMMETRY; SILICON ANALOGUES;

INTERMETALLICS;

ALUMINUM; GERMANIUM; MANGANESE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 1842525108     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja039154f     Document Type: Article

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