Direct observation of melting in a two-dimensional superconducting vortex lattice

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 651-655

  Guillamon I ^a   Suderow, H ^a   Fernandez Pacheco A ^b   Sese J ^b   Cordoba R ^b   De Teresa, J M ^b   Ibarra, M R ^b   Vieira, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MELTING; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; MACROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; MELTING TRANSITIONS; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; SUPERCONDUCTING VORTICES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 70249129330     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1368     Document Type: Article

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