@article{d79dab39ec884b8e89dec479f6f6e128,
title = "Magnetization of small lead particles",
abstract = "The magnetization of an ensemble of isolated lead grains of sizes ranging from 4 to 1000 nm is measured. A sharp disappearance of the Meissner effect with a lowering of the grain size is observed for the smaller grains. This is a direct observation by magnetization measurement of the occurrence of a critical particle size for superconductivity, which is consistent with Anderson{\textquoteright}s criterion.",
author = "S. Reich and G. Leitus and R. Popovitz-Biro and M. Schechter",
note = "Funding Information: S. R. thanks M. Levy and G. Deutscher for important help and suggestions. M. S. thanks Y. Imry, O. Millo, ?>and Z. Ovadyahu for useful discussions, and the Lady Davis fund, the Israel Science Foundation Grant No. 193/02-11.7, the German-Israeli Foundation (GIF), and ?>The Maurice and Gabriella Goldschleger Center for Nanophysics at the Weizmann Institute for support.",
year = "2003",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.147001",
language = "English",
volume = "91",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "14",
}