Size dependent breakdown of superconductivity in ultranarrow nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1029-1033

  Zgirski, Maciek ^a   Riikonen, Karri Pekka ^a   Touboltsev, Vladimir ^a   Arutyunov, Konstantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CONDENSATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

NANOELECTRONICS; SIZE DEPENDENT BREAKDOWN; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY BREAKDOWN; ULTRANARROW NANOWIRES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; HEAT; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; HEAT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 21644472176     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl050321e     Document Type: Article

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