Role of K/Bi disorder in the electronic structure of β -K2 Bi8 Se13

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Hoang, Khang ^a   Tomic, Aleksandra ^b   Mahanti, S D ^b   Kyratsi, Theodora ^c   Chung, Duck Young ^d   Tessmer, S H ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^d,e  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350641042     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.125112     Document Type: Article

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