Signature of coexistence of superconductivity and ferromagnetism in two-dimensional NbSe 2 triggered by surface molecular adsorption

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhu, Xiaojiao ^a   Guo, Yuqiao ^a   Cheng, Hao ^b   Dai, Jun ^c   An, Xingda ^a   Zhao, Jiyin ^a   Tian, Kangzhen ^a   Wei, Shiqiang ^b   Cheng Zeng, Xiao ^c   Wu, Changzheng ^a   Xie, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM; SELENIUM;

ADSORPTION; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MOMENTUM; NANOPARTICLE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SURFACE;

ACCELERATION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; FERROMAGNETISM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MAGNETISM; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84962744623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11210     Document Type: Article

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