Visualizing pair formation on the atomic scale in the high-Tc superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7144, 2007, Pages 569-572

  Gomes, Kenjiro K ^a   Pasupathy, Abhay N ^a   Pushp, Aakash ^a   Ono, Shimpei ^b   Ando, Yoichi ^b   Yazdani, Ali ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER DERIVATIVE;

COPPER; ELECTRON DENSITY; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34249908814     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05881     Document Type: Article

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