Granular superconductivity at room temperature in bulk highly oriented pyrolytic graphite samples

Carbon

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 140-149

  Scheike, T ^a   Esquinazi, P ^a   Setzer, A ^a   Bohlmann W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED INTERFACE; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHITE SAMPLES; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; HYSTERETIC RESPONSE; INTERNAL MICROSTRUCTURE; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

GRAPHENE; HYSTERESIS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; WATER TREATMENT;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 84877706610     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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