Emergence of superconductivity from the dynamically heterogeneous insulating state in La 2-x Sr x CuO 4

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-51

  Shi, Xiaoyan ^a   Logvenov, G ^b,c   Bollinger, A T ^b   Bozovic I ^b   Panagopoulos, C ^d,e   Popović, Dragana ^a  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; GROUND STATE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; INSULATING STATE; LOW CARRIER DENSITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; SUPERCONDUCTING FLUCTUATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR TRANSITIONS; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES; ZERO TEMPERATURES;

INSULATION;

EID: 84871279459     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3487     Document Type: Article

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