Topological protection of bound states against the hybridization

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Bohm Jung ^a   Saeed Bahramy, Mohammad ^a   Nagaosa, Naoto ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETISM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; QUANTUM HALL INSULATOR;

EID: 84874584749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2524     Document Type: Article

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