Common electronic origin of superconductivity in (Li,Fe)OHFeSe bulk superconductor and single-layer FeSe/SrTiO3 films

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhao, Lin ^a   Liang, Aiji ^a   Yuan, Dongna ^a   Hu, Yong ^a   Liu, Defa ^a   Huang, Jianwei ^a   He, Shaolong ^a   Shen, Bing ^a   Xu, Yu ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Yu, Li ^a   Liu, Guodong ^a   Zhou, Huaxue ^a   Huang, Yulong ^a   Dong, Xiaoli ^a   Zhou, Fang ^a   Liu, Kai ^b   Lu, Zhongyi ^b   Zhao, Zhongxian ^a,c   Chen, Chuangtian ^d   Xu, Zuyan ^d   Zhou, X J ^a,c   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

^d TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; STRONTIUM;

FILM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFORMATION; IRON; RESOLUTION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84957554241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10608     Document Type: Article

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