Electronic and structural transitions in dense liquid sodium

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7161, 2007, Pages 448-451

  Raty, Jean Yves ^a   Schwegler, Eric ^b   Bonev, Stanimir A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

COMPLEXITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LITHIUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SODIUM;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID; MELTING POINT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34848904563     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06123     Document Type: Article

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