Superconductivity modulated by quantum size effects

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5703, 2004, Pages 1915-1917

  Guo, Yang ^a   Zhang, Yan Feng ^a   Bao, Xin Yu ^a   Han, Tie Zhu ^a   Tang, Zhe ^a   Zhang, Li Xin ^a   Zhu, Wen Guang ^a   Wang, E G ^a   Niu, Qian ^b   Qiu, Z Q ^c   Jia, Jin Feng ^a   Zhao, Zhong Xian ^a   Xue, Qi Kun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; FERMI LEVEL; LEAD; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ATOMIC LAYERS; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SILICON SUBSTRATES;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

LEAD;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON; FILM; PHASE TRANSITION; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 10344259659     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1105130     Document Type: Article

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