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Tuning High-Tc Superconductors via Multistage Intercalation

X D Xiang, W A Vareka, A Zettl

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |December 6, 1991
    PubMed
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    By inserting iodine atoms, scientists tuned the interaction between CuO(2) sheets in high superconducting transition temperature (high-T(c)) superconductors. This decoupling reduced the superconducting transition temperature by approximately 5 K per layer.

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