Observation of a possible superconducting gap in silicene on Ag(111) surface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Lan ^a   Feng, Baojie ^a   Wu, Kehui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG(111); AG(111) SURFACE; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; SILICENE; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84874854680     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4793998     Document Type: Article

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