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The World’s Thinnest Superconductor
Author(s) -
Weitering Hanno H.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200900663
Subject(s) - mesoscopic physics , superconductivity , condensed matter physics , nanoscopic scale , limit (mathematics) , physics , nanotechnology , materials science , mathematics , mathematical analysis
A new record in superconductivity: Qin and coworkers pushed the thinness limit of mesoscopic superconductivity to a double layer of lead atoms (see picture). The quest for perfect dimensional control of nanoscale superconductors has many surprises in store.