High-temperature interface superconductivity between metallic and insulating copper oxides

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7214, 2008, Pages 782-785

  Gozar, A ^a   Logvenov, G ^a   Kourkoutis, L Fitting ^b   Bollinger, A T ^a   Giannuzzi, L A ^c   Muller, D A ^b   Bozovic, I ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METAL; OXIDE;

COPPER COMPOUND; INSULATION; METAL; OXIDE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSULATOR ELEMENT; INTERFACE PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 53849116129     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07293     Document Type: Article

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