A stable three-dimensional topological Dirac semimetal Cd3 As2

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 677-681

  Liu, Z K ^a   Jiang, J ^b,c   Zhou, B ^b,d   Wang, Z J ^e   Zhang, Y ^a,d   Weng, H M ^e   Prabhakaran, D ^b   Mo, S K ^d   Peng, H ^b   Dudin, P ^f   Kim, T ^f   Hoesch, M ^f   Fang, Z ^e   Dai, X ^e   Shen, Z X ^a   Feng, D L ^c   Hussain, Z ^d   Chen, Y L ^a,b,d,f  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^f DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METALLOIDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICATE MINERALS;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; DIRAC FERMIONS; FERMI VELOCITIES; FLEXIBLE PLATFORMS; IN-SITU DOPING; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84903211942     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3990     Document Type: Article

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