Two-dimensional superconductivity at the interface of a Bi2 Te3 /FeTe heterostructure

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  He, Qing Lin ^a,b   Liu, Hongchao ^b   He, Mingquan ^a,b   Lai, Ying Hoi ^a,b   He, Hongtao ^b,c   Wang, Gan ^c   Law, Kam Tuen ^b   Lortz, Rolf ^a,b   Wang, Jiannong ^a,b   Sou, Iam Keong ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

INSULATION; INTERFACE; PARTICLE MOTION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903129943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5247     Document Type: Article

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