| Citation: | Gao Chang, Zhang Shen, Fu Zhen-Guo, Huang Haijun, He X. T., Zhang Weiyan, Kang Wei. Effects of thermal exchange–correlation functional on thermodynamic quantities of warm dense beryllium[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2026, 11(3): 037401. doi: 10.1063/5.0309424 |
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