High pressure semiconductor physics: Looking toward the future on the shoulder of the past

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 248, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1077-1082

  Yu, Peter Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High pressure; Multi ferroics; Phonon dispersion; Semiconductors; Topological insulators

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955401756     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201000708     Document Type: Article

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