Tuning dirac states by strain in the topological insulator bi 2 se 3

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 294-299

  Liu, Y ^a   Li, Y Y ^a   Rajput, S ^a   Gilks, D ^b   Lari, L ^b   Galindo, P L ^c   Weinert, M ^a   Lazarov, V K ^b   Li, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; EDGE DISLOCATIONS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

ATOMIC SCALE; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; DISLOCATION PAIRS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; LOW-ANGLE TILT; MASSLESS DIRAC FERMIONS;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 84897573968     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2898     Document Type: Article

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