Structural properties and superconductivity in the ternary intermetallic compounds MAB (M=Ca, Sr, Ba; A=Al, Ga, In; B=Si, Ge, Sn)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Evans, Michael J ^a   Wu, Yang ^a   Kranak, Verina F ^a   Newman, N ^a   Reller, Armin ^b   Garcia Garcia, F Javier ^b   Häussermann, Ulrich ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 70249107859     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.064514     Document Type: Article

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