Evidence for superconductivity in Li-decorated monolayer graphene

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

Volumn 112, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 11795-11799

  Ludbrook, B M ^a   Levy, G ^a   Nigge, P ^a   Zonno, M ^a   Schneider, M ^a   Dvorak, D J ^a   Veenstra, C N ^a   Zhdanovich, S ^a   Wong, D ^a   Dosanjh, P ^a   Strasser C ^b   Stohr A ^b   Forti, S ^b   Ast, C R ^b   Starke, U ^b   Damascelli, A ^a   Seamus Davis J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

ARPES; Graphene; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84942867573     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510435112     Document Type: Article

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