Superconductivity above 100 K in single-layer FeSe films on doped SrTiO3

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 285-289

  Ge, Jian Feng ^a   Liu, Zhi Long ^a   Liu, Canhua ^a,b   Gao, Chun Lei ^a,b   Qian, Dong ^a,b   Xue, Qi Kun ^c   Liu, Ying ^a,b,d   Jia, Jin Feng ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Electronic Science and Engineering   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON PAIRING; FE-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS; FOUR-POINT PROBE; HETEROSTRUCTURE INTERFACES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTING CRITICAL TEMPERATURES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84925368875     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4153     Document Type: Article

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