Two-dimensional superconductor-insulator quantum phase transitions in an electron-doped cuprate

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Zeng, S W ^a   Huang, Z ^a   Lv, W M ^a   Bao, N N ^a   Gopinadhan, K ^a   Jian, L K ^a   Herng, T S ^a   Liu, Z Q ^b   Zhao, Y L ^a   Li, C J ^a   Harsan Ma, H J ^a   Yang, P ^a   Ding, J ^a   Venkatesan, T ^a   Ariando, ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84937892892     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.020503     Document Type: Article

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