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Atomic-scale studies of impurities in superconductors with a scanning tunneling microscope

Applied Physics A volume 72, pages S257–S261 (2001)Cite this article

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Imaging and spectroscopy with a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope (STM) have been used to study the local variation of electronic states on the atomic scale in both low-Tc and high-Tc superconductors. These experiments provide an atomic-scale perspective of impurity scattering by directly probing the localized excitations that are induced by individual impurities.

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  1. Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA, , , , , , US

    A. Yazdani

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Received: 19 July 2000 / Accepted: 14 December 2000 / Published online: 11 April 2001

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Yazdani, A. Atomic-scale studies of impurities in superconductors with a scanning tunneling microscope . Appl Phys A 72, S257–S261 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390100748

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