Superconductivity in alkali-metal-doped picene

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7285, 2010, Pages 76-79

  Mitsuhashi, Ryoji ^a   Suzuki, Yuta ^a   Yamanari, Yusuke ^a   Mitamura, Hiroki ^a   Kambe, Takashi ^a   Ikeda, Naoshi ^a   Okamoto, Hideki ^a,b   Fujiwara, Akihiko ^c   Yamaji, Minoru ^d   Kawasaki, Naoko ^a   Maniwa, Yutaka ^e   Kubozono, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; CALCIUM; GRAPHITE; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PICENE; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALI METAL; ARSENIDE GROUP; BORON; CALCIUM; DIAMOND; GRAPHITE; HYDROCARBON; MAGNETIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77950839230     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08859     Document Type: Article

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