High-temperature superconducting materials: A decade of impressive advancement of Tc

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 1, 1997, Pages 80-89

  Chu, C W ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

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BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; FULLERENES; INTERMETALLICS; NITROGEN; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

HIGH TEMPERATURE NONINTERMETALLIC SUPERCONDUCTORS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0031163370     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.614424     Document Type: Article

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