Tuning the quantum stability and superconductivity of ultrathin metal alloys

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5831, 2007, Pages 1594-1597

  Özer, Mustafa M ^a,d   Jia, Yu ^b   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a,c   Thompson, James R ^a,c   Weitering, Hanno H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; BISMUTH;

ALLOY; BISMUTH; FILM; LEAD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STABILIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FILM; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 34250903072     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1142159     Document Type: Article

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