Superconducting energy gap in MgCNi3 single crystals: Point-contact spectroscopy and specific-heat measurements

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Pribulova Z ^a   Kacmarcik J ^a   Marcenat, C ^b   Szabo P ^a   Klein, T ^c   Demuer, A ^d   Rodiere, P ^c   Jang, D J ^e   Lee, H S ^e   Lee, H G ^f   Lee, S I ^f   Samuely, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^e Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^f Sogang University   (South Korea)

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EID: 79961096461     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.104511     Document Type: Article

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