Superconducting nanostructures fabricated with the scanning tunnelling microscope

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 16, Issue 34, 2004, Pages

  Rodrigo, J G ^a   Suderow, H ^a   Vieira, S ^a   Bascones, E ^b   Guinea, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCANNING HALL PROBE MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING NANOSTRUCTURES;

CARRIER MOBILITY; DEFORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 4444243743     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/34/R01     Document Type: Review

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