Approaching zero-temperature metallic states in mesoscopic superconductor-normal-superconductor arrays

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-62

  Eley, Serena ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Sarang ^a   Goldbart, Paul M ^b   Mason, Nadya ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84255205577     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2154     Document Type: Article

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