Probing microscopic variations of superconductivity on the surface of Ba ( Fe1-x Cox )2 As2 single crystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Kim, T H ^a   Jin, R ^b   Walker, L R ^a   Howe, J Y ^a   Pan, M H ^a   Wendelken, J F ^a   Thompson, J R ^a,c   Sefat, A S ^a   McGuire, M A ^a   Sales, B C ^a   Mandrus, D ^a   Li, A P ^a,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 77954703719     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.214518     Document Type: Article

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