Tuning the vertical location of helical surface states in topological insulator heterostructures via dual-proximity effects

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wu, Guangfen ^a,b   Chen, Hua ^c,d   Sun, Yan ^e   Li, Xiaoguang ^a,c,f   Cui, Ping ^a,c   Franchini, Cesare ^e   Wang, Jinlan ^b   Chen, Xing Qiu ^e   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a,d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873649196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01233     Document Type: Article

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