Superconductivity in Ca-doped graphene laminates

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Chapman, J ^a   Su, Y ^a   Howard, C A ^b   Kundys, D ^a   Grigorenko, A N ^a   Guinea, F ^a,c   Geim, A K ^a   Grigorieva, I V ^a   Nair, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 84960976636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23254     Document Type: Article

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