Superconductivity in lithium below 0.4 millikelvin at ambient pressure

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7141, 2007, Pages 187-189

  Tuoriniemi, Juha ^a   Juntunen Nurmilaukas, Kirsi ^a,b   Uusvuori, Johanna ^a   Pentti, Elias ^a   Salmela, Anssi ^a   Sebedash, Alexander ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ALKALI METAL; ELECTRON; LITHIUM; PRESSURE EFFECT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34248579743     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05820     Document Type: Article

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