Wigner crystal and other insulating phases of two-dimensional electrons in high magnetic fields

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 195-202

  Podor B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Two dimensional electron gas; Wigner crystal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011115978     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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