Properties of alkaline-earth-filled skutterudite antimonides: A (Fe,Ni )4 Sb12 ( A=Ca, Sr, and Ba)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Singh, David J ^a   Du, Mao Hua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77957553547     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075115     Document Type: Article

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