Size-dependent resistivity in a micro-processed YBa2Cu 3O7-δ superconducting whisker

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  De La Pierre, Marco ^a   Cagliero, Stefano ^a   Agostino, Angelo ^a   Gazzadi, Gian Carlo ^b   Truccato, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL STUDIES; INELASTIC ELECTRON SCATTERING; MACHINED MATERIALS; MEAN FREE PATH; OUT-DIFFUSION; SAMPLE SURFACE; SEM; SHEET RESISTIVITY; TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTIC; VOLTAGE DROP;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; ION IMPLANTATION; OXYGEN; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650932280     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/22/4/045011     Document Type: Article

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