Phase stabilization by electronic entropy in plutonium

Autor: N. Harrison, J. B. Betts, M. R. Wartenbe, F. F. Balakirev, S. Richmond, M. Jaime, P. H. Tobash
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11166-0
Popis: Plutonium has strong electronic correlations, which makes it difficult to establish microscopic understanding of the complicated structural phase diagram. Here the authors identify an electronic contribution to the entropy that stabilises the δ-Pu phase.
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