Weak antilocalization in topological insulator Bi2Te3 microflakes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Chiu, Shao Pin ^a   Lin, Juhn Jong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84872897122     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035122     Document Type: Article

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