Mechanism of phase transitions and electronic density of states in LaFeAsO1-xFx and SmFeAsO1-xFx from ab initio density functional calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Sushko, Peter V ^a,b   Shluger, Alexander L ^a,b   Hirano, Masahiro ^c   Hosono, Hideo ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 57349126218     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.172508     Document Type: Article

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