Nanoscale surface element identification and dopant homogeneity in the high-Tc superconductor PrxCa1-xFe 2As2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Zeljkovic, Ilija ^a   Huang, Dennis ^a   Song, Can Li ^a   Lv, Bing ^b   Chu, Ching Wu ^b   Hoffman, Jennifer E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84877878873     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.201108     Document Type: Article

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