Band-structure topologies of graphene: Spin-orbit coupling effects from first principles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Gmitra, M ^a   Konschuh, S ^a   Ertler, C ^a   Ambrosch Draxl, C ^b   Fabian, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

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EID: 77954710568     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.235431     Document Type: Article

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