Metal-to-insulator transition and superconductivity in boron-doped diamond

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1863, 2008, Pages 267-279

  Bustarret, E ^a   Achatz, P ^a,b   Sacepe B ^b   Chapelier, C ^b   Marcenat, C ^b   Ortega L ^a   Klein, T ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Boron doping; Diamond; Metal insulator transition; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

BORON; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

BORON-DOPED DIAMOND; METAL-TO-INSULATOR TRANSITION; SUPERCONDUCTING DIAMOND;

METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES;

EID: 40849086345     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2151     Document Type: Article

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