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Title: Soft-phonon anomalies and crystal electric field–phonon coupling in cubic lanthanide sesquioxides Eu2O3 and Yb2O3
Award ID(s):
1800982
PAR ID:
10432565
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
American Physical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Volume:
108
Issue:
4
ISSN:
2469-9950; PRBMDO
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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