Transport spectroscopy of symmetry-broken insulating states in bilayer graphene

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 156-160

  Velasco, J ^a   Jing, L ^a   Bao, W ^a   Lee, Y ^a   Kratz, P ^a   Aji, V ^a   Bockrath, M ^a   Lau, C N ^a   Varma, C ^a   Stillwell, R ^b   Smirnov, D ^b   Zhang, Fan ^c   Jung, J ^c   MacDonald, A H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GROUND STATE; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT;

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON INTERACTION; SPECTROSCOPIC MAPPING; SPECTROSCOPIC TOOL; STRONG ELECTRONIC CORRELATIONS; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; TRANSPORT SPECTROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONS;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHENE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84862829800     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.251     Document Type: Article

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