Transition metal d -band occupancy in skutterudites studied by electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Prytz, O ^a   Tafto J ^a   Ahn, C C ^b   Fultz, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 33947251687     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.125109     Document Type: Article

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