Valley polarized quantum Hall effect and topological insulator phase transitions in silicene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tahir, M ^a   Schwingenschlogl U ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84873208418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01075     Document Type: Article

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