Evidence for high T C superconducting transitions in isolated Al̄ 45 - and Al̄ 47 - nanoclusters

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-166

  Cao, Baopeng ^a   Neal, Colleen M ^a   Starace, Anne K ^a   Ovchinnikov, Yurii N ^b   Kresin, Vladimir Z ^c   Jarrold, Martin F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoclusters; Pairing transition; Peaks in the heat capacity

Indexed keywords

HEAT CAPACITIES;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 46249128092     PISSN: 15571939     EISSN: 15571947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10948-008-0314-3     Document Type: Article

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