Topological signatures in the electronic structure of graphene spirals

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Avdoshenko, Stas M ^a   Koskinen, Pekka ^b   Sevinçli, Haldun ^c,d   Popov, Alexey A ^e   Rocha, Claudia G ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84890667748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01632     Document Type: Article

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