Crossover between weak antilocalization and weak localization of bulk states in ultrathin Bi2Se3 films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Huichao ^a,b   Liu, Haiwen ^a,b   Chang, Cui Zu ^c,d   Zuo, Huakun ^e   Zhao, Yanfei ^a,b   Sun, Yi ^a,b   Xia, Zhengcai ^e   He, Ke ^b,c,d   Ma, Xucun ^b,c,d   Xie, X C ^a,b   Xue, Qi Kun ^b,c   Wang, Jian ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Collaborative InnovationCenter of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84904789804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05817     Document Type: Article

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