Insulating state in tetralayers reveals an even-odd interaction effect in multilayer graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Grushina, Anya L ^a   Ki, Dong Keun ^a   Koshino, Mikito ^b   Nicolet, Aurelien A L ^c   Faugeras, Clément ^c   McCann, Edward ^d   Potemski, Marek ^c   Morpurgo, Alberto F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRON; GRAPHITE; INSULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; SYMMETRY;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; THICKNESS;

EID: 84924157750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7419     Document Type: Article

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