Melting of a 2D quantum electron solid in high magnetic field

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 452-455

  Chen, Yong P ^a,b,e   Sambandamurthy, G ^b   Wang, Z H ^b,c   Lewis, R M ^a,b,f   Engel, L W ^b   Tsui, D C ^a   Ye, P D ^a,b,g   Pfeiffer, L N ^d   West, K W ^d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Maryland   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SOLIDS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 33745789000     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys322     Document Type: Article

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