Nature of the quantum metal in a two-dimensional crystalline superconductor
10.1038/nphys3579
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Tsen, A. W., Hunt, B., Kim, Y. D., Yuan, Z. J., Jia, S., Cava, R. J., Hone, J., Kim, P., Dean, C. R., & Pasupathy, A. N. (2015). Nature of the quantum metal in a two-dimensional crystalline superconductor. Nature Physics, 12(3), 208–212.

Authors 10
  1. A. W. Tsen (first)
  2. B. Hunt (additional)
  3. Y. D. Kim (additional)
  4. Z. J. Yuan (additional)
  5. S. Jia (additional)
  6. R. J. Cava (additional)
  7. J. Hone (additional)
  8. P. Kim (additional)
  9. C. R. Dean (additional)
  10. A. N. Pasupathy (additional)
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