Superconductivity in compressed lithium at 20 K

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6907, 2002, Pages 597-599

  Shimizu, Katsuya ^a,b   Ishikawa, Hiroto ^a   Takao, Daigoroh ^a   Yagi, Takehiko ^c   Amaya, Kiichi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ATOMIC NUMBERS;

LITHIUM;

ELEMENT; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM; METAL;

HIGH PRESSURE; LITHIUM; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0037057694     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01098     Document Type: Article

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