Th-doped Nd2CuO4 homologues

Solid State Communications

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 323-327

  Blackstead, Howard A ^a   Dow, John D ^b,c   Lehmann, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THORIUM;

CHARGE RESERVOIR MODEL; CUPRATE PLANE MODEL;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0032499833     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1098(98)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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