The birth of topological insulators

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7286, 2010, Pages 194-198

  Moore, Joel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METAL;

ELECTRON; INSULATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCATTERING;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON; INSULATOR; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 77949375457     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08916     Document Type: Review

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