Transport fingerprints at graphene superlattice Dirac points induced by a boron nitride substrate

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Martinez Gordillo, Rafael ^a,b   Roche, Stephan ^a,c   Ortmann, Frank ^a,d   Pruneda, Miguel ^a,b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84899714148     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.161401     Document Type: Article

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