Calculations of dynamical properties of skutterudites: Thermal conductivity, thermal expansivity, and atomic mean-square displacement

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Bernstein, N ^a   Feldman, J L ^a,b   Singh, D J ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77955182083     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.134301     Document Type: Article

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