First-principles study on the electronic structure transition of β-UH3 under high pressure

Juefei Wu; Wang Yue-Chao; Yu Liu; Bo Sun; Yanhong Zhao; Jiawei Xian; Xingyu Gao; Haifeng Liu; Haifeng Song

doi:10.1063/5.0091969

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