On the structures of the rare-earth metal germanides from the series REAl1−xGe3 (RE = Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho; 0.6 < x < 0.9). A tale of vacancies at the Al sites and the concomitant structural modulations
Zhang, Jiliang; Liu, Yanyan; Shek, Chan Hung; Wang, Yingmin; Bobev, Svilen; Dalton Trans.  (2017) –; doi:10.1039/C7DT01977G

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 On the structures of the rare-earth metal germanides from the series
 REAl1&#x2212;xGe3 (RE = Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho; 0.6 &lt; x &lt; 0.9). A
 tale of vacancies at the Al sites and the concomitant structural
 modulations
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