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Evidence for nodal superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates

@inproceedings{Harvey2022EvidenceFN,
  title={Evidence for nodal superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates},
  author={Shannon P. Harvey and Bai Yang Wang and Jennifer Fowlie and Motoki Osada and Kyuho Lee and Yonghun Lee and Danfeng Li and Harold Y. Hwang},
  year={2022}
}
Shannon P. Harvey, 2, ∗ Bai Yang Wang, 3, ∗ Jennifer Fowlie, 2 Motoki Osada, 2 Kyuho Lee, 3 Yonghun Lee, 2 Danfeng Li, 2, † and Harold Y. Hwang 2 Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA (Dated: February 1, 2022) 
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