High-density two-dimensional small polaron gas in a delta-doped mott insulator

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ouellette, Daniel G ^a   Moetakef, Pouya ^b   Cain, Tyler A ^b   Zhang, Jack Y ^b   Stemmer, Susanne ^b   Emin, David ^c   Allen, S James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 84888224346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03284     Document Type: Article

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