Enhancement of superconductivity by a parallel magnetic field in two-dimensional superconductors

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 895-900

  Jeffrey Gardner, H ^a   Kumar, Ashwani ^a   Yu, Liuqi ^a   Xiong, Peng ^a   Warusawithana, Maitri P ^a,b   Wang, Luyang ^a,b   Vafek, Oskar ^a,b   Schlom, Darrell G ^c,d  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^d Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science ^*  (United States)

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EID: 80555123020     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2075     Document Type: Article

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