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Twinning superlattices in indium phosphide nanowires

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  • Rienk E. Algra

    (Materials Innovation Institute (M2i)
    Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, High Tech Campus 11
    IMM, Solid State Chemistry, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heijendaalseweg 135, 6525AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Marcel A. Verheijen

    (Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, High Tech Campus 11)

  • Magnus T. Borgström

    (Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, High Tech Campus 11
    Present address: Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden.)

  • Lou-Fé Feiner

    (Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, High Tech Campus 11)

  • George Immink

    (Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, High Tech Campus 11)

  • Willem J. P. van Enckevort

    (IMM, Solid State Chemistry, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heijendaalseweg 135, 6525AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Elias Vlieg

    (IMM, Solid State Chemistry, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heijendaalseweg 135, 6525AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Erik P. A. M. Bakkers

    (Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, High Tech Campus 11)

Abstract

Superconductivity: unlikely pairs In most superconductors, the pairing-up of electrons responsible for resistance-free conductivity is driven by vibrations of the solid's crystal lattice. But there are other superconducting materials in which the 'glue' responsible for binding electrons is thought to have a very different origin: quantum fluctuations of spin or charge. An unusually 'violent' generalization of such a pairing mechanisms, in which spin and charge instabilities combine forces, has been identified in the unconventional superconductor CeRhIn5. These intimately coupled fluctuations significantly disrupt the flow of electrons in their normal unpaired state, yet also provide the quantum-mechanical glue necessary for generating superconducting pairs.

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  • Rienk E. Algra & Marcel A. Verheijen & Magnus T. Borgström & Lou-Fé Feiner & George Immink & Willem J. P. van Enckevort & Elias Vlieg & Erik P. A. M. Bakkers, 2008. "Twinning superlattices in indium phosphide nanowires," Nature, Nature, vol. 456(7220), pages 369-372, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:456:y:2008:i:7220:d:10.1038_nature07570
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07570
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