Topological surface state in the Kondo insulator samarium hexaboride

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 466-470

  Kim, D J ^a   Xia, J ^a   Fisk, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; LATTICE THEORY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE STATES; TOPOLOGY;

BULK CONDUCTIVITIES; CONDENSED MATTER; ELECTRON WAVEFUNCTIONS; METALLIC BOUNDARIES; METALLIC SURFACE; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TOPOLOGICAL INVARIANTS; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 84899485377     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3913     Document Type: Article

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