Pressure-induced metallization of dense (H 2 S) 2 H 2 with high-T c superconductivity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Duan, Defang ^a,b   Liu, Yunxian ^a   Tian, Fubo ^a   Li, Da ^a   Huang, Xiaoli ^a   Zhao, Zhonglong ^a   Yu, Hongyu ^a   Liu, Bingbing ^a   Tian, Wenjing ^b   Cui, Tian ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jilin University   (China)

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EID: 84923354987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06968     Document Type: Article

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