1D goes 2D: A Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in superconducting arrays of 4-Angstrom carbon nanotubes

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 247, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 2968-2973

  Wang, Zhe ^a   Shi, Wu ^a   Xie, Hang ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Tang, Zikang ^a   Zhang, Xixiang ^a,b   Lortz, Rolf ^a   Sheng, Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

1D to 3D crossover; Berezinskii Kosterlitz Thouless transition; Nanotubes; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DROPS; ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; NANOTUBES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; ZEOLITES;

1D TO 3D CROSSOVER; BEREZINSKII-KOSTERLITZ-THOULESS TRANSITION; INHOMOGENEOUS SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD DEPENDENCES; NONLINEAR I-V CHARACTERISTICS; QUASI LONG RANGE ORDERS; RESISTIVE TRANSITION; SUPERCONDUCTING ARRAYS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 78649707769     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201000151     Document Type: Article

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