Nernst effect and dimensionality in the quantumlimit

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-29

  Zhu, Zengwei ^a,b   Yang, Huan ^a   Fauqué, Benot ^a   Kopelevich, Yakov ^c   Behnia, Kamran ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FERMI LEVEL; FERMI SURFACE; GRAPHENE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; TOPOLOGY;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FERMI SURFACE TOPOLOGY; INTERLAYER COUPLING; LANDAU QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM HALL REGIME; THERMOELECTRIC RESPONSE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON SYSTEM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS;

QUANTUM HALL EFFECT;

EID: 73549086313     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1437     Document Type: Article

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