Phase transitions in individual sub-micrometre superconductors

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6657, 1997, Pages 259-262

  Geim, A K ^a   Grigorieva, I V ^a   Dubonos, S V ^b   Lok, J G S ^a   Maan, J C ^a   Filippov, A E ^c   Peeters, F M ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND HIGH PURITY MATERIALS   (Russian Federation)

^c DONETSK PHYSICOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Ukraine)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; MAGNETISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030728919     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36797     Document Type: Article

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