Temperature dependent local atomic displacements in ammonia intercalated iron selenide superconductor

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Paris, E ^a,b   Simonelli, L ^c   Wakita, T ^d   Marini, C ^c   Lee, J H ^d   Olszewski, W ^c,e   Terashima, K ^d   Kakuto, T ^d   Nishimoto, N ^d   Kimura, T ^d   Kudo, K ^d   Kambe, T ^d   Nohara, M ^d   Yokoya, T ^d   Saini, N L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c ALBA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE   (Spain)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

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EID: 84974589103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep27646     Document Type: Article

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