Theoretical prediction of a strongly correlated Dirac metal

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mazin, I I ^a   Jeschke, Harald O ^b   Lechermann, Frank ^c   Lee, Hunpyo ^b   Fink, Mario ^d   Thomale, Ronny ^d   Valentí, Roser ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRAC METAL; GRAPHENE; METAL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; METAL; PHYSICS; PREDICTION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; PHYSICS; PREDICTION;

EID: 84903787743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5261     Document Type: Article

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