Topological insulators in transition-metal intercalated graphene: The role of d electrons in significantly increasing the spin-orbit gap

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Li, Yuanchang ^a,b   Tang, Peizhe ^b   Chen, Pengcheng ^b   Wu, Jian ^b   Gu, Bing Lin ^b   Fang, Ying ^a   Zhang, S B ^c   Duan, Wenhui ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84879931548     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.245127     Document Type: Article

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