Ca intercalated bilayer graphene as a thinnest limit of superconducting C6Ca

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 19610-19613

  Kanetani, Kohei ^a   Sugawara, Katsuaki ^a   Sato, Takafumi ^a   Shimizu, Ryota ^a   Iwaya, Katsuya ^a   Hitosugi, Taro ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ARPES; Band structure; STM

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CALCIUM; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE INTERCALATION COMPOUND; LITHIUM; SILICON CARBIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 84870385883     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208889109     Document Type: Article

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