A search model for topological insulators with high-throughput robustness descriptors

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 614-619

  Yang, Kesong ^a   Setyawan, Wahyu ^b   Wang, Shidong ^a   Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco ^c,d   Curtarolo, Stefano ^a,d,e  

^a USA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; GERMANIUM; LEAD; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; THROUGHPUT;

ELECTRONIC DEVICE; HIGH THROUGHPUT; MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT; NOVEL MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; TERNARY HALIDES; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TRIAL-AND-ERROR PROCEDURES;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84862647383     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3332     Document Type: Article

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