Pressure and alloying effects on the metal to insulator transition in NiS2-x Sex studied by infrared spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Perucchi, A ^a,b   Marini, C ^b   Valentini, M ^b   Postorino, P ^b   Sopracase, R ^b   Dore, P ^b   Hansmann, P ^c,d   Jepsen, O ^c   Sangiovanni, G ^c,d   Toschi, A ^c,d   Held, K ^d   Topwal, D ^e   Sarma, D D ^f,g   Lupi, S ^b  

^a SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^f DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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EID: 70249104186     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.073101     Document Type: Article

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