Evidence for a direct band gap in the topological insulator Bi 2Se3 from theory and experiment

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Nechaev, I A ^a,b   Hatch, R C ^c   Bianchi, M ^c   Guan, D ^c   Friedrich, C ^d   Aguilera, I ^d   Mi, J L ^c   Iversen, B B ^c   Blugel S ^d   Hofmann, Ph ^c   Chulkov, E V ^b,e,f  

^a TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 84875694290     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.121111     Document Type: Article

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