Extra Dirac points in the energy spectrum for superlattices on single-layer graphene

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Barbier, M ^a   Vasilopoulos, P ^b   Peeters, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 77954877026     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075438     Document Type: Article

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