G. Martinezarizala et al., ANOMALOUS FIELD-EFFECT IN ULTRATHIN FILMS OF METALS NEAR THE SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR TRANSITION, Physical review letters, 78(6), 1997, pp. 1130-1133
A field effect conductance modulation experiment has been performed on
a series of nominally homogeneous ultrathin films of metals. The thic
knesses of the films were varied over a range such that their properti
es traversed the insulator-to-superconductor transition. At low gate v
oltages V-G the conductance G(V-G) increased with either polarity for
films on the insulating side of the transition and decreased at temper
atures in the transition region for films which were just thick enough
to be superconducting. A qualitative interpretation of these results
suggests the consideration of Cooper pairing even for insulating films
.