Chiral tunnelling and the Klein paradox in graphene

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 620-625

  Katsnelson, M I ^a   Novoselov, K S ^b   Geim, A K ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748296088     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys384     Document Type: Article

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