• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 36, Issue 8, 865 (2021)
Jingsan HU1, Jianfei GU1, and Weiyi ZHANG1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 22. National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20200623 Cite this Article
    Jingsan HU, Jianfei GU, Weiyi ZHANG. Mechanism of the Magnetic and Specific-heat Anomalies in Rare-earth Dodecaborides RB12 (R=Tb-Tm): an Effect of Crystal-field-splitting Order Parameter [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2021, 36(8): 865 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Jingsan HU, Jianfei GU, Weiyi ZHANG. Mechanism of the Magnetic and Specific-heat Anomalies in Rare-earth Dodecaborides RB12 (R=Tb-Tm): an Effect of Crystal-field-splitting Order Parameter [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2021, 36(8): 865
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