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Increase in the superconducting transition temperature of thin films as a result of a normal metal deposition on their surface

✍ Scribed by I.L. Landau; I.A. Parshin

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Weight: 147 KB
Volume: 194-196
Category: Article
ISSN: 0921-4526
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4526(94)91669-1

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✦ Synopsis

The superconducting transition temperature T c of quench condensed thin films of bismuth and gallium have been observed to rise as a result of the deposition of silver on the films surface. Increase in the critical temperature ATc was depended on the thickness of the superconducting film and ATc-IK for the very thin films. The effect stems from a suppression of the localization of electrons due to a decrease of the films resistance.

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