Effect of hydrogen molecules on the electronic transport through atomic-sized metallic junctions in the superconducting state

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Makk, P ^a   Csonka, Sz ^a   Halbritter, A ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

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EID: 47949128968     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.045414     Document Type: Article

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