Charge density waves in the graphene sheets of the superconductor CaC 6

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rahnejat, K C ^a   Howard, C A ^a   Shuttleworth, N E ^a   Schofield, S R ^a   Iwaya, K ^b   Hirjibehedin, C F ^a   Renner, Ch ^c   Aeppli, G ^a   Ellerby, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; CARBON; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 82555196628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1574     Document Type: Article

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