First principles calculations of the structural and electronic properties of the type-I semiconductor clathrate alloys Ba8 Ga16 Six Ge30-x and Sr8 Ga16 Six Ge30-x

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Nenghabi, Emmanuel N ^a   Myles, Charles W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43549104709     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.205203     Document Type: Article

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