Superconductivity in quasi one-dimensional carbides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1578-1582

  Scherer, Wolfgang ^a   Hauf, Christoph ^a   Presnitz, Manuel ^a   Scheidt, Ernst Wilhelm ^a   Eickerling, Georg ^a   Eyert, Volker ^a   Hoffmann, Rolf Dieter ^b   Rodewald, Ute C ^b   Hammerschmidt, Adrienne ^b   Vogt, Christian ^b   Pöttgen, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Band structure; Electron density; Solid state structures; Superconductors; Transition metal carbides

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; COBALT CARBIDES; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRON DENSITY; LAPLACIANS; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; SOLID-STATE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION; SUPERCONDUCTORS; TRANSITION-METAL CARBIDES;

BAND STRUCTURE; CARBIDES; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COBALT; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANDIUM; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 77649172143     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904956     Document Type: Article

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