Emergence of superlattice Dirac points in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 382-386

  Yankowitz, Matthew ^a   Xue, Jiamin ^a   Cormode, Daniel ^a   Sanchez Yamagishi, Javier D ^b   Watanabe, K ^c   Taniguchi, T ^c   Jarillo Herrero, Pablo ^b   Jacquod, Philippe ^a,d   Leroy, Brian J ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84860492111     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2272     Document Type: Article

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