Electron-phonon scattering times in crystalline disordered titanium alloys between 3 and 15 K

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 11232-11241

  Wu, C ^a   Jian, W ^a   Lin, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 77956226720     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.11232     Document Type: Article

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