Exact diagonalization study of the tunable edge magnetism in graphene

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Luitz, David J ^a   Assaad, Fakher F ^a   Schmidt, Manuel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79961111540     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195432     Document Type: Article

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