Face-centered-cubic K3 B80 and Mg3 B80 metals: Covalent and ionic bondings

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Yan, Qing Bo ^a   Zheng, Qing Rong ^a   Su, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 70349921486     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.104111     Document Type: Article

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