Superconductivity in the tungsten bronze Rbx W O3 (0.20≤x≤0.33) in connection with its structure, electronic density of states, and phonon density of states

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Brusetti, R ^a   Bordet, P ^a   Bossy, J ^a   Schober, H ^b   Eibl, S ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

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EID: 36248931067     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.174511     Document Type: Article

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