Germanide clathrates resistance to incorporation of trivalent rare earths

We performed elemental analysis and transport measurements (resistivity and Seebeck coefficient) in single crystal clathrate samples with starting compositions Ba8GayMzGe46-y-z (M = Au, Ag) and Ba8-xRxGayAgzGe46-y-z (R = La, Ce, Eu). Electron-probe microanalysis (EPMA) indicated that no trivalent ra...

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Main Authors: Fabiana R. Arantes, Toshiro Takabatake, Marcos A. Avila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Results in Physics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379718319533