Evidence of topological surface state in three-dimensional dirac semimetal Cd3 As2

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yi, Hemian ^a   Wang, Zhijun ^a   Chen, Chaoyu ^a   Shi, Youguo ^a   Feng, Ya ^a   Liang, Aiji ^a   Xie, Zhuojin ^a   He, Shaolong ^a   He, Junfeng ^a   Peng, Yingying ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Zhao, Lin ^a   Liu, Guodong ^a   Dong, Xiaoli ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Nakatake, M ^c   Arita, M ^c   Shimada, K ^c   Namatame, H ^c   Taniguchi, M ^c   Xu, Zuyan ^d   Chen, Chuangtian ^d   Dai, Xi ^a   Fang, Zhong ^a   Zhou, X J ^a,b   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 84906568773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06106     Document Type: Article

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