Magnetic field-temperature phase diagram of the quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductor (formula presented) studied via thermal conductivity

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Tanatar, M A ^a,b,d   Ishiguro, T ^a,b   Tanaka, H ^c   Kobayashi, H ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84874870217     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.134503     Document Type: Article

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