Evidence for coupling between charge density waves and phonons in two-dimensional rare-earth tritellurides

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Lavagnini, M ^a   Baldini, M ^b   Sacchetti, A ^a   Di Castro, D ^b   Delley, B ^c   Monnier, R ^a   Chu, J H ^d   Ru, N ^d   Fisher, I R ^d   Postorino, P ^b   Degiorgi, L ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57149132407     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.201101     Document Type: Article

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