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Nature Physics 2, 19 - 20 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys201

Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Materials physics

Superconductivity: A magnetic isotope effect

Michael Norman1

  1. Michael Norman is in the Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA. e-mail: norman@anl.gov


The role of phonons in conventional superconductivity — first determined by isotope substitution — has been known for over half a century. But identifying the mechanism in unconventional superconductivity is a much more challenging affair.

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