Size-dependent enhancement of superconductivity in Al and Sn nanowires: Shape-resonance effect

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Shanenko, A A ^a,b   Croitoru, M D ^a   Zgirski, M ^c   Peeters, F M ^a   Arutyunov, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 33747100259     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.052502     Document Type: Article

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