Topological electronic structure in half-Heusler topological insulators

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Al Sawai, W ^a   Lin, Hsin ^a   Markiewicz, R S ^a   Wray, L A ^b   Xia, Y ^b   Xu, S Y ^b   Hasan, M Z ^b   Bansil, A ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957732851     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.125208     Document Type: Article

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