Pressure-induced phase transition in the electronic structure of palladium nitride

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Åberg, Daniel ^a   Erhart, Paul ^a   Crowhurst, Jonathan ^a   Zaug, Joseph M ^a   Goncharov, Alexander F ^b   Sadigh, Babak ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77957596639     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.104116     Document Type: Article

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