X-ray absorption of Ba1-xKxBiO3 and BaPb1-yBiyO3: Competition between bipolaronic and charge-density wave states

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 275-281

  Merz, M ^a   Nucker N ^b   Schuppler, S ^b   Arena, D ^c   Dvorak, J ^d   Idzerda, Y U ^d   Ustinovich, S N ^e   Soldatov, A G ^e   Shiryaev, S V ^e   Barilo, S N ^e  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Belarus)

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EID: 27344459737     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10236-6     Document Type: Article

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