Zintl phase variations through cation selection. Synthesis and structure of A21Cd4Pn18 (A = Eu, Sr, Ba; Pn = Sb, Bi)

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1919-1921

  Xia, Sheng Qing ^a   Bobev, Svilen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 42149120811     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic800242a     Document Type: Article

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