Structural Study of the Apatite Nd8Sr2Si6O26 by Laue Neutron Diffraction and Single-Crystal Raman Spectroscopy.
An, Tao; Orera, Alodia; Baikie, Tom; Herrin, Jason S.; Piltz, Ross O.; Slater, Peter R.; White, Tim J.; Sanjuán, María L; Inorganic chemistry 53 (2014) 9416–9423; doi:10.1021/ic501558r

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 Structural Study of the Apatite Nd8Sr2Si6O26 by Laue Neutron Diffraction
 and Single-Crystal Raman Spectroscopy.
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