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  1. CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    FangLiang Cai, PengJu Li, Kun Xie, Rui Tang & ShengYong Qin

  2. International Center for Quantum Design, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    FangLiang Cai, PengJu Li, Kun Xie, Rui Tang & ShengYong Qin

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Cai, F., Li, P., Xie, K. et al. Superconductivity of Pb films studied with superconducting Pb tips. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 62, 17421 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-018-9269-3

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