Extremely strong-coupling superconductivity in artificial two-dimensional Kondo lattices

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 849-853

  Mizukami, Y ^a   Shishido, H ^a,d   Shibauchi, T ^a   Shimozawa, M ^a   Yasumoto, S ^a   Watanabe, D ^a   Yamashita, M ^a   Ikeda, H ^a   Terashima, T ^b   Kontani, H ^c   Matsuda, Y ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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EID: 80555122887     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2112     Document Type: Article

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