Superconductivity in the platinum germanides MPt4Ge12 (M=rare-earth or alkaline-earth metal) with filled skutterudite structure

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Gumeniuk, R ^a   Schnelle, W ^a   Rosner, H ^a   Nicklas, M ^a   Leithe Jasper, A ^a   Grin, Yu ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GROUND STATE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DENSITY OF STATES; PLATINUM GERMANIDES; SKUTTERUDITE STRUCTURE;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 40749145345     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.017002     Document Type: Article

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