The d-p band-inversion topological insulator in bismuth-based skutterudites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yang, Ming ^a   Liu, Wu Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84901790021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05131     Document Type: Article

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