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Where are the electrons?

Mapping the electronic bands in boron-doped diamond turns out to be crucial to our understanding of the material's superconducting behaviour.

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Figure 1: Looking at diamond.

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Kortus, J. Where are the electrons?. Nature Mater 4, 879–880 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1542

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