Abstract
For transition-metal compounds the scattering of metal d states into empty nonmetal p states is suggested to be the mechanism responsible for the soft-mode anomalies found in the phonon spectra. This idea is confirmed by investigating the effects of carbon vacancies on the electronic structure of NbC using the X alpha scattered-wave method.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 005 |
| Pages (from-to) | L433-L437 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 16 |
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| State | Published - 1976 |