Nature of the quantum metal in a two-dimensional crystalline superconductor

Nature Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 208-212

  Tsen, A W ^a   Hunt, B ^a,f   Kim, Y D ^a   Yuan, Z J ^b   Jia, S ^b,c   Cava, R J ^d   Hone, J ^a   Kim, P ^e   Dean, C R ^a   Pasupathy, A N ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM THEORY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; TEMPERATURE;

2D SUPERCONDUCTORS; DIRECT TRANSITION; ELECTRON LOCALIZATIONS; METALLIC BEHAVIOUR; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE FLUCTUATION; POWER LAW SCALINGS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

METALS;

EID: 84959299007     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3579     Document Type: Article

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