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This paper analyzes a model for the formation and behavior of a superlattice in tetragonal zinc diphosphide. The model is based on a fluctuation phase transition to a spatially modulated helicoidal phase.
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Original Russian Text © V.G. Fedotov, V.M. Trukhan, T.V. Shelkovaya, 2013, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 11, pp. 1153–1156.
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Fedotov, V.G., Trukhan, V.M. & Shelkovaya, T.V. A model for long-period modulations in tetragonal zinc diphosphide. Inorg Mater 49, 1067–1070 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002016851311006X
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