Superconductivity on the border of a spin-gapped Mott insulator: NMR studies of the quasi-two-dimensional organic system EtMe3 P [Pd (dmit) 2] 2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Itou, T ^a   Oyamada, A ^a   Maegawa, S ^a   Kubo, K ^b   Yamamoto, H M ^b   Kato, R ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

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EID: 66749118426     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.174517     Document Type: Article

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