Metal-insulator transition in pyrochlore iridates Ln2Ir 2O7 (Ln = Nd, Sm, and Eu)

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Matsuhira, Kazuyuki ^a   Wakeshima, Makoto ^b   Nakanishi, Ryo ^a   Yamada, Takaaki ^a   Nakamura, Akira ^a   Kawano, Wataru ^a   Takagi, Seishi ^a   Hinatsu, Yukio ^b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eu2Ir 2O7; Metal insulator transition; Nd2Ir2O 7; Pyrochlore; Sm2Ir2O7

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247116052     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.76.043706     Document Type: Article

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