A hidden pseudogap under the 'dome' of superconductivity in electron-doped high-temperature superconductors

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6933, 2003, Pages 698-701

  Alff, L ^a   Krockenberger, Y ^a   Welter, B ^a   Schonecke, M ^a   Gross, R ^a   Manske, D ^b   Naito, M ^c  

^a WALTHER MEISSNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMI LEVEL; GROUND STATE; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

SUPERCONDUCTING STATES;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRON; ENERGY; ENTROPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037452082     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01488     Document Type: Article

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