Identifying a Structural Preference in Reduced Rare-Earth Metal Halides by Combining Experimental and Computational Techniques
Simon Steinberg; Jakoah Brgoch; Gordon J. Miller; Gerd Meyer; Inorganic Chemistry 51 (2012) 11356–11364; doi:10.1021/ic300838a

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_publ_contact_author
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        Prof. Dr. Gordon J. Miller
        3659 Gilman Hall
        Department of Chemistry
        Iowa State University
        Ames, IA 50011
        United states of America
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_publ_contact_author_email       gmiller@iastate.edu
_publ_contact_author_fax         '001 515 294 9623'
_publ_contact_author_phone       '001 515 294 6063'
_publ_section_title
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 Identifying a Structural Preference in Reduced Rare-Earth Metal Halides
 by Combining Experimental and Computational Techniques
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_journal_name_full               'Inorganic Chemistry'
_journal_page_first              11356
_journal_page_last               11364
_journal_paper_doi               10.1021/ic300838a
_journal_volume                  51
_journal_year                    2012
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Trilanthanum Ruthenium Tribromide
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_exptl_absorpt_process_details
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X-Shape 1.06, Crystal Optimisation for numerical Absorption Correction
(C), Stoe & Cie GmbH, Darmstadt, 1999.
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0700P)^2^+0.0000P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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