Semiconducting half-Heusler and LiGaGe structure type compounds

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1090-1095

  Casper, Frederick ^a   Seshadri, Ram ^b   Felser, Claudia ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF FREEDOM; HALF-HEUSLER; HALF-HEUSLER COMPOUND; HALF-METALLIC; METALLIC ELEMENTS; SEMICONDUCTING COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE TYPE; VALENCE ELECTRON;

METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 65649151967     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200881223     Document Type: Article

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