Lorenz number in high Tc superconductors: Evidence for bipolarons

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2170011-2170014

  Lee, K K ^a   Alexandrov, A S ^b   Liang, W Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; PHONONS; POLARONS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

LORENZ NUMBER;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 4344649037     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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