Experimental observation of thermal fluctuations in single superconducting Pb nanoparticles through tunneling measurements

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Brihuega, Ivan ^a,b   García García, Antonio M ^c,d   Ribeiro, Pedro ^d,g   Ugeda, Miguel M ^a,b   Michaelis, Christian H ^a   Bose, Sangita ^a,e   Kern, Klaus ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

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EID: 80053605892     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.104525     Document Type: Article

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