Topologically protected conduction state at carbon foam surfaces: An ab initio study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Zhen ^a   Fthenakis, Zacharias G ^a   Guan, Jie ^a   Tománek, David ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO STUDY; CONDUCTING STATE; CONDUCTION STATE; ELEMENTAL CARBON; QUANTUM CONDUCTANCE; RE-HYBRIDIZATION; SURFACE PATTERNING; SURFACE PLANES;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; TOPOLOGY;

FOAMS;

EID: 84892521266     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.026803     Document Type: Article

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