Phase decomposition and chemical inhomogeneity in Nd2-xCe xCuO4±δ

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Mang, P K ^a   Larochelle, S ^a,f   Mehta, A ^b   Vajk, O P ^a,g   Erickson, A S ^a   Lu, L ^a   Buyers, W J L ^c   Marshall, A F ^d   Prokes, K ^e   Greven, M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; COPPER; IRON; NEODYMIUM; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; REDUCTION; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 20844462056     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.094507     Document Type: Article

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