Realising Haldane's vision for a Chern insulator in buckled lattices

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wright, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84884923916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02736     Document Type: Article

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