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Divergence in the behavior of the charge density wave in RETe3 (RE = rare-earth element) with temperature and RE
Christos D Malliakas1, Mercouri G Kanatzidis
1Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 28, 2006
Abstract:
Comparable changes in the volume of RETe3 materials caused by temperature and RE size have opposite trends to the incommensurate charge density wave modulation. This is unique behavior among all reported charge density wave materials.
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