Angularly Selective Enhanced Vortex Screening in Extremely Layered Superconductors with Tilted Columnar Defects
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Rumi, G.; Mosser, V.; Konczykowski, M.; Fasano, Y. Angularly Selective Enhanced Vortex Screening in Extremely Layered Superconductors with Tilted Columnar Defects. Condens. Matter 2024, 9, 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/condmat9040037
Rumi G, Mosser V, Konczykowski M, Fasano Y. Angularly Selective Enhanced Vortex Screening in Extremely Layered Superconductors with Tilted Columnar Defects. Condensed Matter. 2024; 9(4):37. https://doi.org/10.3390/condmat9040037
Chicago/Turabian StyleRumi, Gonzalo, Vincent Mosser, Marcin Konczykowski, and Yanina Fasano. 2024. "Angularly Selective Enhanced Vortex Screening in Extremely Layered Superconductors with Tilted Columnar Defects" Condensed Matter 9, no. 4: 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/condmat9040037
APA StyleRumi, G., Mosser, V., Konczykowski, M., & Fasano, Y. (2024). Angularly Selective Enhanced Vortex Screening in Extremely Layered Superconductors with Tilted Columnar Defects. Condensed Matter, 9(4), 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/condmat9040037