Tight-binding study of electron-hole pair condensation in graphene bilayers: Gate control and system-parameter dependence

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Basu, D ^a   Register, L F ^a   Reddy, Dharmendar ^a   MacDonald, A H ^b   Banerjee, S K ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 77957560021     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075409     Document Type: Article

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