Superconductivity in intercalated group-IV honeycomb structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Flores Livas, José A ^a   Sanna, Antonio ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

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EID: 84922424520     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.054508     Document Type: Article

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