Anomalous thermodynamic properties in ferropericlase throughout its spin crossover transition
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Z. Wu (吴忠庆 ,1 J. F. Justo,1,2 C. R. S. da Silva,3 S. de Gironcoli,4,5 and R. M. Wentzcovitch1,3 1Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA 2Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 61548, CEP 05424-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil 3Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA 4Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste 34014, Italy 5DEMOCRITOS, National Simulation Center, Trieste 34014, Italy Received 16 January 2009; revised manuscript received 4 May 2009; published 8 July 2009
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