A universal scaling relation in high-temperature superconductors

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6999, 2004, Pages 539-541

  Homes, C C ^a   Dordevic, S V ^a   Strongin, M ^a   Bonn, D A ^b   Liang, Ruixing ^b   Hardy, W H ^b   Komiya, Seiki ^c   Ando, Yoichi ^c   Yu, G ^d   Kaneko, N ^e,h   Zhao, X ^e   Greven, M ^d,e   Basov, D N ^f   Timusk, T ^g  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

DOPANTS; SUPERFLUID DENSITY;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

COPPER DERIVATIVE; COPPER OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 3242878071     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02673     Document Type: Article

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