Visualization of electron nematicity and unidirectional antiferroic fluctuations at high temperatures in NaFeAs

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-232

  Rosenthal, E P ^a   Andrade, E F ^a   Arguello, C J ^a   Fernandes, R M ^b   Xing, L Y ^c   Wang, X C ^c   Jin, C Q ^c   Millis, A J ^a   Pasupathy, A N ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IRON COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ATOMIC RESOLUTION; ELECTRONIC ANISOTROPY; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; NANOSCALE ELECTRONICS; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE; TETRAGONAL SYMMETRIES; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE;

IRON-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 84897584563     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2870     Document Type: Article

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