Anomalous photoelectric effect of a polycrystalline topological insulator film

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Hongbin ^a   Yao, Jiandong ^a   Shao, Jianmei ^a   Li, Hai ^a   Li, Shuwei ^a   Bao, Dinghua ^a   Wang, Chengxin ^a   Yang, Guowei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84905175909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05876     Document Type: Article

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