c-axis transport in highly anisotropic metals: Role of small polarons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Ho, A F ^a   Schofield, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

RUTHENIUM; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; BOSON; CONDUCTANCE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLARIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 15744372782     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.045101     Document Type: Article

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