Dynamical properties and temperature induced molecular disordering of LiBH4 and LiBD4

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Buchter, F ^a,d   Lodziana Z ^a   Mauron, Ph ^a   Remhof, A ^a   Friedrichs, O ^a   Borgschulte, A ^a   Zuttel A ^a,d   Sheptyakov, D ^b   Strassle Th ^b   Ramirez Cuesta, A J ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 52249096604     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.094302     Document Type: Article

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