Superconductivity in graphene-lithium

2D Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Guzman, D M ^a   Alyahyaei, H M ^b   Jishi, R A ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D superconductivity; BCS; Density functional theory; Electron phonon coupling

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING STRENGTHS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; NUMBER OF LAYERS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84928527238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/1/2/021005     Document Type: Article

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