Magnetotransport Properties in High-Quality Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Superconducting Mo2C Crystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 4504-4510

  Wang, Libin ^a   Xu, Chuan ^b   Liu, Zhibo ^b   Chen, Long ^b   Ma, Xiuliang ^b   Cheng, Hui Ming ^b   Ren, Wencai ^b   Kang, Ning ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

magnetotransport properties; transition metal carbides; two dimensional superconductivity

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOLYBDENUM; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION METALS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; MAGNETO TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MAGNETO-TRANSPORT MEASUREMENT; NEGATIVE MAGNETO-RESISTANCE; OSCILLATORY MAGNETORESISTANCE; SUPERCONDUCTING ORDER PARAMETERS; SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR TRANSITIONS; TRANSITION METAL CARBIDE;

SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84968832481     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b00270     Document Type: Article

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