Vibrational properties of tin clathrate materials
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Charles W. Myles, Jianjun Dong, Otto F. Sankey, C. A. Kendziora, and G. S. Nolas Department of Physics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1051 Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849-5311 Department of Physics and Astronomy and Materials Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 Materials Science and Technology Division, Code 6330, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375 Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620 ~Received 16 October 2001; revised manuscript received 5 April 2002; published 11 June 2002!
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