Enhanced suppression of superconductivity in amorphous films with nano-scale patterning

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 469, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 774-777

  Stewart Jr , M D ^a   Nguyen, H Q ^a   Hollen, S M ^a   Yin, Aijun ^b   Xu, J M ^a,b   Valles Jr , J M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Critical temperature; Films; Fluctuations; Mesoscopic superconductivity; Nanoscale; Patterning; Superconductivity; Superconductor insulator transition; Suppression

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; FLUCTUATIONS; MESOSCOPIC SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; NANOSCALE; PATTERNING; SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR TRANSITION; SUPPRESSION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 66149161657     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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