Effects of Pr ion on the superconducting properties in PBC single crystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 8381-8385

  Zhuo, Yi ^a   Choi, Jae Hyuk ^a   Kim, Mun Seog ^a   Park, Jin Nam ^a   Bae, Myoung Kwang ^a   Lee, Sung Ik ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

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EID: 0011842563     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.8381     Document Type: Article

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