Mechanism of superconductivity in the polyhedral-network compound Ba8Si46

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 653-655

  Tanigaki, K ^a,b   Shimizu, T ^c   Itoh, K M ^b,c   Teraoka, J ^a   Moritomo, Y ^b,d   Yamanaka, S ^e  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITION; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FERMI LEVEL; ISOTOPES; SPECIFIC HEAT; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

BARIUM SILICIDE; POLYHEDRAL NETWORK; SILICON CLATHRATES;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0142059243     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat981     Document Type: Letter

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