Synthesis, Crystal Chemistry, and Magnetic Properties of RE7Li8Ge10 and RE11Li12Ge16 (RE= La-Nd, Sm): New Members of the [REGe2]n[RELi2Ge]m Homologous Series
Sheng-Ping Guo; Tae-Soo You; Ya-Ho Jung; Svilen Bobev; Inorganic Chemistry 51 (2012) 6821–6829; doi:10.1021/ic300566x

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 Synthesis, Crystal Chemistry, and Magnetic Properties of RE7Li8Ge10 and
 RE11Li12Ge16 (RE= La-Nd, Sm): New Members of the [REGe2]n[RELi2Ge]m
 Homologous Series
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