The role of Coulomb interaction in the superconducting properties of CaC6 and H under pressure

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Massidda, S ^a   Bernardini, F ^a   Bersier, C ^b   Continenza, A ^c   Cudazzo, P ^c   Floris, A ^b   Glawe, H ^b   Monni, M ^a   Pittalis, S ^b   Profeta, G ^c   Sanna, A ^a   Sharma, S ^b   Gross, E K U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB-INITIO; ANISOTROPIC SUPERCONDUCTIVITIES; COULOMB REPULSIONS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL; ELECTRON PHONONS; EXTREME PRESSURES; INTERCALATED GRAPHITES; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES;

ANISOTROPY; CALCIUM CARBIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 65249167542     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/22/3/034006     Document Type: Article

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