Superconductivity in just four pairs of (BETS)2 GaCl4 molecules

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 261-265

  Clark, K ^a,b   Hassanien, A ^a,c,d   Khan, S ^a   Braun, K F ^a,e   Tanaka, H ^c,d   Hla, S W ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

NANOSCALE DEVICE; NANOSCALE ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTOR; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGES; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS; TETRASELENAFULVALENES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED STRUCTURES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

(ETHYLENEDITHIO)TETRASELENAFULVALENE; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; MOLECULE; NANOANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 77950867528     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.41     Document Type: Article

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