Topological insulators in Bi 2 Se 3, Bi 2 Te 3 and Sb 2 Te 3 with a single Dirac cone on the surface

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 438-442

  Zhang, Haijun ^a   Liu, Chao Xing ^b   Qi, Xiao Liang ^c   Dai, Xi ^a   Fang, Zhong ^a   Zhang, Shou Cheng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650260772     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1270     Document Type: Article

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