Exciton-like behaviour in pure metals and alloys
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics F: Metal Physics
- Vol. 12 (11) , L235-L239
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4608/12/11/006
Abstract
The authors report Mg valence excitations in Mg-Li alloys. An analysis of the data suggests that interband excitations at the zone boundary in polyvalent metals bear a close and hitherto unrecognised similarity to excitons in insulating crystals.Keywords
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