Atomic scale real-space mapping of holes in YBa2Cu 3O6+δ

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gauquelin, N ^a,e   Hawthorn, D G ^b   Sawatzky, G A ^c,d   Liang, R X ^c,d   Bonn, D A ^c,d   Hardy, W N ^c,d   Botton, G A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CUPRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 84904489375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5275     Document Type: Article

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