Bonding in Zintl phase hydrides: Density functional calculations for SrAlSiH, SrAl2 H2, SrGa2 H2, and BaGa2 H2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Subedi, Alaska ^a,b   Singh, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 47349086244     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.045106     Document Type: Article

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