Evidence for massive bulk dirac fermions in Pb1-xSn xSe from nernst and thermopower experiments

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liang, Tian ^a   Gibson, Quinn ^a   Xiong, Jun ^a   Hirschberger, Max ^a   Koduvayur, Sunanda P ^a   Cava, R J ^a   Ong, N P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; SELENIUM; TIN;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAD; LINEARITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SELENIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; FERMION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84887291345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3696     Document Type: Article

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