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Structure and low temperature properties of SrB6

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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A detailed study of the room temperature structure of high quality single crystalline SrB6 has been made. Minute changes in interatomic distances may drastically affect the electronic spectrum of this compound. Electronic transport properties both at zero and non-zero frequencies above 4He temperatures indicate that SrBP6 is close to be a semiconductor. However, at very low temperatures this compound enters a metallic state with a low concentration of itinerant charge carriers. Possible correlation effects are indicated by anomalous temperature dependences of the electrical resistivity and the specific heat below 1 K.

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  1. Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH- Hoenggerberg, CH-8093, Zuerich, Switzerland

    H.R. Ott, M. Chernikov, E. Felder & L. Degiorgi

  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    E.G. Moshopoulou & Z. Fisk

  3. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4005, USA

    J.L. Sarrao & Z. Fisk

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Ott, H., Chernikov, M., Felder, E. et al. Structure and low temperature properties of SrB6 . Z. Phys. B 102, 337–345 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002570050297

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