Lattice dynamics in Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te 3: Te and Sb density of phonon states

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Bessas, D ^a,b   Sergueev, I ^a,c   Wille, H C ^d   Peron, J ^a   Ebling, D ^e,f   Hermann, R P ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d DESY   (Germany)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IPM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 84871095688     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.224301     Document Type: Article

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