Superconductivity in diamond

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6982, 2004, Pages 542-545

  Ekimov, E A ^a   Sidorov, V A ^a   Bauer, E D ^b   Mel'nik, N N ^c   Curro, N J ^b   Thompson, J D ^b   Stishov, S M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMONDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; HARDNESS; HEAT CONDUCTION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

CHARGE ACCEPTORS; DIAMOND STRUCTURES;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

DIAMOND;

DIAMOND; HIGH PRESSURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; INSULATOR ELEMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 1842734293     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02449     Document Type: Article

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