Insight into non-linearly shaped superconducting whiskers via a synchrotron nanoprobe

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Cagliero, Stefano ^a   Borfecchia, Elisa ^a   Mino, Lorenzo ^a   Calore, Leandro ^a   Bertolotti, Federica ^a   Martinez Criado, Gema ^b   Operti, Lorenza ^a   Agostino, Angelo ^a   Truccato, Marco ^a   Badica, Petre ^c   Lamberti, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION; GROWTH MECHANISMS; JOSEPHSON EFFECT; SINGLE-CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES; SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONIC DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; NANOPROBES;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84868537855     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/25/12/125002     Document Type: Article

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