Interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in iron-chalcogenide superconductors: Crystal growth and characterizations

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Wen, Jinsheng ^a,b,c   Xu, Guangyong ^b   Gu, Genda ^b   Tranquada, J M ^b   Birgeneau, R J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 82455206269     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/74/12/124503     Document Type: Review

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