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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Multiple Quantum Phase Transitions in a two-dimensional superconductor

N. Bergeal, Johan Biscaras, Simon Hurand, C. Feuillet-Palma, Jérôme Lesueur, R. C. Budhani, Ankur Rastogi, S. Caprara, M. Grilli

Published Mar 21, 2013• 0 citations
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