Role of the dopant in the superconductivity of diamond

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 23, 2004, Pages

  Blase, X ^a   Adessi, Ch ^a   Connetable D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMI SURFACES; STRUCTURAL RELAXATIONS; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHONONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

DIAMONDS;

EID: 42749102521     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.237004     Document Type: Article

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