Spatial variation of a giant spin-orbit effect induces electron confinement in graphene on Pb islands

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-47

  Calleja, Fabian ^a   Ochoa, Héctor ^b   Garnica, Manuela ^a,c   Barja, Sara ^a,c   Navarro, Juan Jesús ^a   Black, Andrés ^a,c   Otrokov, Mikhail M ^d,e   Chulkov, Evgueni V ^d,f   Arnau, Andrés ^d,f   Vázquez De Parga, Amadeo L ^a,c   Guinea, Francisco ^b   Miranda, Rodolfo ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

^d DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^e TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MONOLAYERS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM THEORY; SPIN HALL EFFECT; TOPOLOGY;

ELECTRON CONFINEMENT; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM; QUANTUM SPIN HALL EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIALLY MODULATED; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84927178211     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3173     Document Type: Article

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