In-plane resistivity anisotropy in an underdoped iron arsenide superconductor

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5993, 2010, Pages 824-826

  Chu, Jiun Haw ^a,b   Analytis, James G ^a,b   De Greve, Kristiaan ^c   McMahon, Peter L ^c   Islam, Zahirul ^d   Yamamoto, Yoshihisa ^c,e   Fisher, Ian R ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON ARSENIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIDE GROUP; CRYSTAL; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC ANISOTROPY; ELECTRONICS; MEASUREMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 77955630292     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1190482     Document Type: Article

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