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

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

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

Publication Date:: 2018-05-04

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1435993

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0002623

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 120 Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Chen, Nian-Ke, Li, Xian-Bin, Bang, Junhyeok, Wang, Xue-Peng, Han, Dong, West, Damien, Zhang, Shangbai, and Sun, Hong-Bo. Directional Forces by Momentumless Excitation and Order-to-Order Transition in Peierls-Distorted Solids: The Case of GeTe.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Chen, Nian-Ke, Li, Xian-Bin, Bang, Junhyeok, Wang, Xue-Peng, Han, Dong, West, Damien, Zhang, Shangbai, & Sun, Hong-Bo. Directional Forces by Momentumless Excitation and Order-to-Order Transition in Peierls-Distorted Solids: The Case of GeTe.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.185701

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                    Chen, Nian-Ke, Li, Xian-Bin, Bang, Junhyeok, Wang, Xue-Peng, Han, Dong, West, Damien, Zhang, Shangbai, and Sun, Hong-Bo. Fri .  
"Directional Forces by Momentumless Excitation and Order-to-Order Transition in Peierls-Distorted Solids: The Case of GeTe".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.185701.

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  title        = {Directional Forces by Momentumless Excitation and Order-to-Order Transition in Peierls-Distorted Solids: The Case of GeTe},

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