Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 164916, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/164916
Review Article
Spin-Lattice Coupling and Superconductivity in Fe Pnictides
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
3Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
4Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
Received 19 July 2009; Revised 25 October 2009; Accepted 22 December 2009
Academic Editor: Igor Mazin
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