Design for a room-temperature superconductor

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Volumn 19, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 291-297

  Pickett, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; ROOM-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 33845972591     PISSN: 15571939     EISSN: 15571947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10948-006-0164-9     Document Type: Article

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