Multiband superconductivity and nanoscale inhomogeneity at oxide interfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Caprara, S ^a,b   Biscaras, J ^c   Bergeal, N ^c   Bucheli, D ^a   Hurand, S ^c   Feuillet Palma, C ^c   Rastogi, A ^d   Budhani, R C ^d,e   Lesueur, J ^c   Grilli, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^e NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 84880858897     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.020504     Document Type: Article

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