Electronic and vibrational properties of framework-substituted type-II silicon clathrates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Biswas, Koushik ^a   Myles, Charles W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34347377892     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.245205     Document Type: Article

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