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Binary carbides demonstrate attractive set of physical properties that are suitable for numerous and diverse applications. In the present study, we have explored the structural properties, electronic structures, elastic constants, acoustic…
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The structural properties of the CaFe2As2 have been investigated by x-ray and neutron powder diffraction techniques as a function of temperature. Unambiguous experimental evidence is shown for coexistence of tetragonal and orthorhombic…
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We consider a prototypical dynamical lattice model, namely, the discrete nonlinear Schroedinger equation on nonsquare lattice geometries. We present a systematic classification of the solutions that arise in principal six-lattice-site and…
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