Metal-to-insulator crossover in the low-temperature normal state of Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+δ

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 638-641

  Ono, S ^a   Ando, Yoichi ^a,b   Murayama, T ^a,b,d   Balakirev, F F ^c   Betts, J B ^c   Boebinger, G S ^c  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NICHIA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

BISMUTH STRONTIUM LANTHANUM COPPER OXIDE; METAL-TO-INSULATOR CROSSOVER;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 17544400149     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.638     Document Type: Article

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