Superlattice valley engineering for designer topological insulators

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Xiao ^a,b,d   Zhang, Fan ^c   Niu, Qian ^a,b,d   Feng, Ji ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84923272634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06397     Document Type: Article

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