Superconductivity in the intercalated graphite compounds C 6 Yb and C 6 Ca

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-41

  Weller, Thomas E ^a   Ellerb, Mark ^a   Saxena, Siddharth S ^b   Smith, Robert P ^b   Skipper, Neal T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GRAPHITE; GROUND STATE; INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS; PHONONS; YARN; YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACOUSTIC PLASMONS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; ELECTRONIC GROUND STATE; INTERCALATED GRAPHITE; INTERLAYER SPACINGS; LOW DIMENSIONALITY; PHONON MECHANISM; SUPERCONDUCTING MECHANISM;

SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84881620693     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys0010     Document Type: Article

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