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Upper critical field in nanostructured Nb: Competing effects of the reduction in density of states and the mean free path
We show that the upper critical field in nanometer-sized Nb particles is governed by the changes in the effective Ginzburg-Landau coherence length occurring due to two competing factors: (i) the decrease in the grain size and consequent increase of disorder, and (ii) the effective decrease in the density of states …