journal article·2024-07

Exploring the multifaceted properties: structural, electronic, magnetic, mechanical, thermodynamic, transport, and optical characteristics of rhodium-based half-Heusler alloys

Bharti Gurunani, Dinesh C. Gupta

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 59· Issue 27
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