Topological superconductivity and unconventional pairing in oxide interfaces

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Scheurer, Mathias S ^a   Schmalian, Jörg ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDE;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERFACE; OXIDE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TOPOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MASS; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

MAJORANA;

EID: 84931288238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7005     Document Type: Article

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