Robustness of helical edge states in topological insulators

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xue Feng ^a   Hu, Yibin ^b   Guo, Hong ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84863307781     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.241402     Document Type: Article

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