Strain induced superconductivity in the parent compound BaFe2 As2

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Engelmann, J ^a,b   Grinenko, V ^a   Chekhonin, P ^b   Skrotzki, W ^b   Efremov, D V ^a   Oswald, S ^a   Iida, K ^a   Huhne R ^a   Hanisch J ^a   Hoffmann, M ^a,b   Kurth, F ^a,b   Schultz, L ^a,b   Holzapfel, B ^a,c  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; IRON DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CHEMICAL BONDING; ELECTRON; IRON; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL; DENSITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FILM; MAGNETISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84890237690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3877     Document Type: Article

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