Double superconducting transition in the filled skutterudite PrOs4 Sb12 and sample characterizations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Measson M A ^a,b   Braithwaite, D ^a   Lapertot, G ^a   Brison, J P ^a   Flouquet, J ^a   Bordet, P ^c   Sugawara, H ^d   Canfield, P C ^e  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 42549109106     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.134517     Document Type: Article

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