Classification of stable three-dimensional Dirac semimetals with nontrivial topology

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yang, Bohm Jung ^a   Nagaosa, Naoto ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MOMENTUM; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SYMMETRY; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIRAC SEMIMETAL; DISPERSION; FERMION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROTATION;

EID: 84907475801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5898     Document Type: Article

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