The search for superconductivity at van Hove singularities in carbon nanotubes

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Yanfei ^a,c,d   Fedorov, Georgy ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Tselev, Alexander ^a,e   Shafranjuk, Serhii ^b   Barbara, Paola ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT; BORON-DOPED; CHEMICAL DOPING; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; DENSITY OF STATE; GATE VOLTAGES; MULTIPLE NANOTUBES; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES; VAN HOVE SINGULARITIES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84870328108     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/25/12/124005     Document Type: Review

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