Metallic behavior of the Zintl phase EuGe2: Combined structural studies, property measurements, and electronic structure calculations

Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3545-3552

  Bobev, Svilen ^a,d   Bauer, Eric D ^a   Thompson, Joe D ^a   Sarrao, John L ^a   Miller, Gordon J ^b   Eck, Bernhard ^c   Dronskowski, Richard ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; DFT calculations; Eu magnet; EuGe 2; Magnetic measurements; Rare earth intermetallics; Zintl phases

Indexed keywords

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; FERMI LEVEL; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

HEXAGONAL LAYERS; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; METALLIC BEHAVIOR; PUCKERING;

EUROPIUM COMPOUNDS;

EUROPIUM; GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; MAGNETISM; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 7244251977     PISSN: 00224596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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