Local density of electronic states in MgB2 studied by low temperature STM and STS: Direct evidence for a multiple-gap superconductor

Surface Science

Volumn 541, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 14-20

  Xu, M ^a,b   Xiao, Z ^a   Wang, Z ^c   Takano, Y ^a   Hatano, T ^a   Sagisaka, K ^a   Kitahara, M ^a   Fujita, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borides; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Scanning tunneling spectroscopies; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

MULTIPLE GAP SUPERCONDUCTORS;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0041520899     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(03)00948-8     Document Type: Article

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