Dual evidence of surface Dirac states in thin cylindrical topological insulator Bi2 Te3 nanowires

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tian, Mingliang ^a,b,c   Ning, Wei ^a,b   Qu, Zhe ^a,b   Du, Haifeng ^a,b   Wang, Jian ^c,d   Zhang, Yuheng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84873660302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01212     Document Type: Article

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