Electric-field-induced superconductivity in electrochemically etched ultrathin FeSe films on SrTiO 3 and MgO

Nature Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-46

  Shiogai, J ^a   Ito, Y ^a   Mitsuhashi, T ^a   Nojima, T ^a   Tsukazaki, A ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIA; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CRITICAL THICKNESS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER TRANSISTORS; ELECTRIC FIELD INDUCED; ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING TECHNIQUES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; INSULATOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS;

IRON-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 84954066387     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3530     Document Type: Article

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