Massless fermions in multilayer graphitic systems with misoriented layers: Ab initio calculations and experimental fingerprints

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Latil, Sylvain ^a   Meunier, Vincent ^b   Henrard, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 36048979908     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.201402     Document Type: Article

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