Does the dirac cone exist in silicene on metal substrates?

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Quhe, Ruge ^a,c,d   Yuan, Yakun ^a   Zheng, Jiaxin ^a   Wang, Yangyang ^a   Ni, Zeyuan ^a   Shi, Junjie ^a   Yu, Dapeng ^a,b   Yang, Jinbo ^a,b   Lu, Jing ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84903638149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05476     Document Type: Article

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