α- RuCl3: A spin-orbit assisted Mott insulator on a honeycomb lattice

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Plumb, K W ^a   Clancy, J P ^a   Sandilands, L J ^a   Shankar, V Vijay ^a   Hu, Y F ^b   Burch, K S ^a,c   Kee, Hae Young ^a,d   Kim, Young June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

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EID: 84905457594     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.041112     Document Type: Article

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