Pressure-induced disordering of site occupation in iron–nickel nitrides

Binbin Wu; Li Lei; Feng Zhang; Qiqi Tang; Shan Liu; Meifang Pu; Duanwei He; Yuanhua Xia; Leiming Fang; Hiroaki Ohfuji; Tetsuo Irifune

doi:10.1063/5.0040041

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