Superconductivity in Ultrathin NbLayers
- 31 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 28 (5) , 299-301
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.28.299
Abstract
The superconducting resistive transition of the layer compound Nb has been observed for crystals a few layers thick. The decreases as the crystal thickness is reduced below six Nb layers, and a of 3.8°K is predicted for a single layer. No significant increase in the transition width is observed as the number of Nb layers is reduced. The results are compared to recent work on intercalated layer compounds.
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