Visualizing pair formation on the atomic scale and the search for the mechanism of superconductivity in high-Tc cuprates

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Yazdani, A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE; BULK TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; CUPRATE SUPERCONDUCTORS; CUPRATES; ELECTRONIC CORRELATIONS; EXOTIC SUPERCONDUCTORS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH PRECISION; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HIGH-T; LOCAL PAIRINGS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO-SCALE; NANO-SCALE MEASUREMENTS; NANOSCALE REGIONS; NORMAL STATE; PAIR FORMATIONS; PAIRING MECHANISMS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; STRONG ELECTRONIC CORRELATIONS;

ATOMS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 65149086280     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/16/164214     Document Type: Article

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