Topological crystalline metal in orthorhombic perovskite iridates

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Yige ^a   Lu, Yuan Ming ^b,c   Kee, Hae Young ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROVSKITE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; METAL; PEROVSKITE; PERTURBATION; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISLOCATION; ENERGY; EXCITATION; EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84925240117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7593     Document Type: Article

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