Quantum size effects in thermodynamic superconducting properties of ultrathin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Chen, Bin ^a,b   Zhu, Zhenyue ^a   Xie, X C ^a,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 33749866589     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.132504     Document Type: Article

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