Extremely high electron mobility in a phonon-glass semimetal

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 512-517

  Ishiwata, S ^a   Shiomi, Y ^a   Lee, J S ^a,c   Bahramy, M S ^b   Suzuki, T ^b   Uchida, M ^a   Arita, R ^a   Taguchi, Y ^b   Tokura, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED MAGNETORESISTANCE; GLASS; PHONONS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; SILVER; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHARGE-CARRIER TRANSPORT; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE INGOTS; POSITIVE MAGNETORESISTANCE; SHUBNIKOV DE-HAAS OSCILLATION; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATION; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT;

ELECTRON MOBILITY;

EID: 84878230582     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3621     Document Type: Article

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