Direct observation of the structural and electronic changes of Li2MnO3during electron irradiation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Phillips, Patrick J ^a   Iddir, Hakim ^b   Abraham, Daniel P ^b   Klie, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ELECTRONIC CHANGES;

EID: 84907484280     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4896264     Document Type: Article

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