Polytypism, polymorphism, and superconductivity in TaSe2 - XTex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2015, Pages E1174-E1180

  Luo, Huixia ^a   Xie, Weiwei ^a   Tao, Jing ^b   Inouec, Hiroyuki ^a   Gyenis, András ^a   Krizan, Jason W ^a   Yazdani, Ali ^a   Zhu, Yimei ^b   Cava, Robert Joseph ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge density wave; Dichalcogenide; Polymorphism; Polytypism; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POLYMORPHISM; POLYTYPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925372991     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1502460112     Document Type: Article

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