Zirconium dodecaboride, a novel superconducting material with enhanced surface characteristics

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 195-206

  Belogolovskii, Mikhail ^a   Felner, Israel ^b   Shaternik, Vladimir ^c  

^a DONETSK PHYSICOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Ukraine)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

electronic properties; first principles calculations; superconductivity; surface characteristics; Zirconium dodecaboride

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958024562     PISSN: 18746500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9818-4-13     Document Type: Article

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