Solid-state physics - Vacillating valence

被引:10
作者
Albers, Robert C. [1 ]
Zhu, Jian-Xin [1 ]
机构
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Theoret, Condensed Matter & Stat Phys Grp, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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D O I
10.1038/446504b
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Electrons in one particular solid phase of plutonium are complex characters: while bound to atoms, in a quantum-mechanical mixture of two different valence states, they also roam freely throughout the crystal.
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页码:504 / 505
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