Field-Induced kosterlitz-Thouless transition in the N=0 landau level of graphene

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Nomura, Kentaro ^a   Ryu, Shinsei ^b   Lee, Dung Hai ^b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED VORTICES; CURRENT CARRIERS; GRAPHENES; INSULATING PHASE; KOSTERLITZ-THOULESS TRANSITIONS; LANDAU LEVELS; METALLIC STATE; NEUTRAL POINTS; ORDER PARAMETER; PSEUDOSPIN; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; THIN SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

GRAPHITE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; VORTEX FLOW;

PHASE STABILITY;

EID: 70450188370     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.216801     Document Type: Article

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