Symmetry lowering at the structural phase transitions in NpO2 and UO2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Nikolaev, V ^a,b   Michel, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEPTUNIUM; OXIDE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORY;

EID: 85039020739     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.054112     Document Type: Article

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