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Experimental Evidence for the Existence of Interfaces in Graphite and Their Relation to the Observed Metallic and Superconducting Behavior

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This chapter reviews the experimental evidence obtained for the existence of embedded interfaces between crystalline regions with Bernal and/or rhombohedral stacking order in usual graphite samples, and their relationship with the observed metallic and superconducting behavior.

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Esquinazi, P.D., Lysogorskiy, Y.V. (2016). Experimental Evidence for the Existence of Interfaces in Graphite and Their Relation to the Observed Metallic and Superconducting Behavior. In: Esquinazi, P. (eds) Basic Physics of Functionalized Graphite. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 244. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39355-1_7

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