Directional Forces by Momentumless Excitation and Order-to-Order Transition in Peierls-Distorted Solids: The Case of GeTe

Chen, Nian-Ke; Li, Xian-Bin; Bang, Junhyeok; Wang, Xue-Peng; Han, Dong; West, Damien; Zhang, Shangbai; Sun, Hong-Bo

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.185701

Directional Forces by Momentumless Excitation and Order-to-Order Transition in Peierls-Distorted Solids: The Case of GeTe

Journal Article · Fri May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.185701· OSTI ID:1435993

Chen, Nian-Ke; Li, Xian-Bin; Bang, Junhyeok; Wang, Xue-Peng; Han, Dong; West, Damien; Zhang, Shangbai; Sun, Hong-Bo

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