Tuning phase transition between quantum spin Hall and ordinary insulating phases

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Murakami, Shuichi ^a   Iso, Satoshi ^b   Avishai, Yshai ^c,d   Onoda, Masaru ^e,f   Nagaosa, Naoto ^e,f,g  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Japan)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 35848931456     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.205304     Document Type: Article

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