Suppression of electronic friction on Nb films in the superconducting state

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-122

  Kisiel, Marcin ^a   Gnecco, Enrico ^b   Gysin, Urs ^a   Marot, Laurent ^a   Rast, Simon ^c   Meyer, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; TEMPERATURE; TRIBOLOGY;

BARDEEN-COOPER-SCHRIEFFER THEORY; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; ELECTRONIC FRICTION; ELECTRONIC NATURES; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; NON-CONTACT FRICTION; SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE;

FRICTION;

EID: 79151469652     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2936     Document Type: Article

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