Origin of anomalous low-temperature downturns in the thermal conductivity of cuprates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Smith, M F ^a   Paglione, Johnpierre ^a   Walker, M B ^a   Taillefer, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COPPER DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; PRASEODYMIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHONON; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 16844373901     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.014506     Document Type: Article

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