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On the origin of the controversial electrostatic field effect in superconductors

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On the origin of the controversial electrostatic field effect in superconductors. / Golokolenov, Ilya; Guthrie, Andrew; Kafanov, Sergey et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, 2747, 12.05.2021.

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Golokolenov, I, Guthrie, A, Kafanov, S, Pashkin, Y & Tsepelin, V 2021, 'On the origin of the controversial electrostatic field effect in superconductors', Nature Communications, vol. 12, 2747. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22998-0

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Golokolenov, I., Guthrie, A., Kafanov, S., Pashkin, Y., & Tsepelin, V. (2021). On the origin of the controversial electrostatic field effect in superconductors. Nature Communications, 12, Article 2747. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22998-0

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Golokolenov I, Guthrie A, Kafanov S, Pashkin Y, Tsepelin V. On the origin of the controversial electrostatic field effect in superconductors. Nature Communications. 2021 May 12;12:2747. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22998-0

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Golokolenov, Ilya ; Guthrie, Andrew ; Kafanov, Sergey et al. / On the origin of the controversial electrostatic field effect in superconductors. In: Nature Communications. 2021 ; Vol. 12.

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