Origin of the colossal positive and negative thermal expansion in Ag 3[Co(CN)6]: An ab initio density functional theory study

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 25, 2008, Pages

  Calleja, Mark ^a   Goodwin, Andrew L ^a   Dove, Martin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLUID MECHANICS; SILVER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL SPRAYING; THERMAL STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DFT CALCULATIONS; NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION (NTE);

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 44649109511     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/25/255226     Document Type: Article

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