Correlation between structural and superconducting properties of nano-granular disordered Nb thin films

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 469, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 268-272

  Hazra, Dibyendu ^a   Mondal, Mintu ^a   Gupta, Anjan K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Disordered system; Nano granular; Superconducting Nb thin films

Indexed keywords

LATTICE CONSTANTS; NIOBIUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THIN FILMS;

DC-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; DISORDERED SYSTEM; GRAIN SIZES; INTERATOMIC POTENTIALS; LATTICE EXPANSIONS; LATTICE PARAMETERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MORSE POTENTIALS; NANO-GRANULAR; NORMAL-STATE RESISTIVITIES; SAMPLE MORPHOLOGIES; SI(1 0 0 ); SUPERCONDUCTING NB THIN FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE REDUCTIONS; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 63649136942     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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