Theoretical study of the ground-state structures and properties of niobium hydrides under pressure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Gao, Guoying ^a,b   Hoffmann, Roald ^b   Ashcroft, N W ^c   Liu, Hanyu ^a   Bergara, Aitor ^d,e,f   Ma, Yanming ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^f CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 84887523479     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.184104     Document Type: Article

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