Structural changes in zircon under α-decay irradiation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 1-3

  Trachenko, Kostya ^a,b   Dove, Martin T ^a   Salje, Ekhard K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85038332239     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.180102     Document Type: Article

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