Spin-valley phase diagram of the two-dimensional metal-insulator transition

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 388-391

  Gunawan, O ^a   Gokmen, T ^a   Vakili, K ^a   Padmanabhan, M ^a   De Poortere, E P ^a   Shayegan, M ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ARSENIDE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; LANDFORMS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES;

2D ELECTRON SYSTEM; 2D METAL-INSULATOR TRANSITIONS; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELDS; METALLIC BEHAVIOUR; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL METALS;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 34249870848     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys596     Document Type: Article

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