Structure and physical properties of the new telluride BaAg2Te2 and its quaternary variants BaCuδAg2-δTe2

Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2024-2030

  Assoud, Abdeljalil ^a   Cui, Yanjie ^a   Thomas, Stephanie ^a   Sutherland, Brodie ^a   Kleinke, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Electronic structure; Physical properties; Semiconductor; Telluride

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NEW MATERIALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TELLURIDE;

EID: 52649103465     PISSN: 00224596     EISSN: 1095726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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