Superconductivity above 30 K in alkali-metal-doped hydrocarbon

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Xue, Mianqi ^a   Cao, Tingbing ^a   Wang, Duming ^b   Wu, Yue ^a   Yang, Huaixin ^a   Dong, Xiaoli ^a   He, Junbao ^b   Li, Fengwang ^a   Chen, G F ^a,b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84860434817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00389     Document Type: Article

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