Suppression of superconductivity by nonmagnetic disorder in organic superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Sasaki, Takahiko ^a,b   Oizumi, Hajime ^a,c   Honda, Yuki ^a,d   Yoneyama, Naoki ^a,b,e   Kobayashi, Norio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Harmonic Drive Systems Inc ^*  (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

(BEDT TTF) 2Cu(NCS)2; De Haas van Alphen oscillations; Disorder effect; Organic superconductor; Scattering time; X ray irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053585726     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.80.104703     Document Type: Article

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