Can doping graphite trigger room temperature superconductivity? Evidence for granular high-temperature superconductivity in water-treated graphite powder

Advanced Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 5826-5831

  Scheike, T ^a   Bohlmann W ^a   Esquinazi, P ^a   Barzola Quiquia, J ^a   Ballestar, A ^a   Setzer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

graphite; superconductivity

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; GRAPHITE GRAINS; GRAPHITE POWDER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; PURE WATER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTING OXIDES; SUPERCONDUCTING VORTICES; TIME DEPENDENCE;

GRAPHITE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

GRAPHITE; OXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETISM; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; MAGNETICS; OXIDES; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84868682043     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201202219     Document Type: Article

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