Driving a GaAs film to a large-gap topological insulator by tensile strain

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 8441-

  Zhao, Mingwen ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Li, Linyang ^a   Zhang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84923112415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08441     Document Type: Article

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