Strain-induced partially flat band, helical snake states and interface superconductivity in topological crystalline insulators

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 964-969

  Tang, Evelyn ^a   Fu, Liang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; TOPOLOGY;

BARDEEN-COOPER-SCHRIEFFER; CRYSTALLINE INSULATORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MASSLESS DIRAC FERMIONS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR MULTILAYERS; TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRIES;

INTERFACE STATES;

EID: 84924364227     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3109     Document Type: Article

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