Size-dependent superconducting state of individual nanosized Pb islands grown on Si(111) by tunneling spectroscopy

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Jiepeng ^a   Wu, Xuefeng ^a   Ming, Fangfei ^a   Zhang, Xieqiu ^a   Wang, Kedong ^a   Wang, Bing ^b   Xiao, Xudong ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDERSON CRITERION; ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; FLAT-TOP; ISLAND SIZE; NANO-SIZED; SI (1 1 1); SUPERCONDUCTING STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; ZERO TEMPERATURES;

MONOLAYERS; PHONONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

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EID: 79960005013     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/26/265007     Document Type: Article

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