Origin of the insulating state in honeycomb iridates and rhodates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Mazin, I I ^a   Manni, S ^b   Foyevtsova, K ^c   Jeschke, Harald O ^c   Gegenwart, P ^b   Valentí, Roser ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84880842627     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.035115     Document Type: Article

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