Proximity enhanced quantum spin Hall state in graphene

Carbon

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2015, Pages 418-423

  Kou, Liangzhi ^a   Hu, Feiming ^a   Yan, Binghai ^b,c   Wehling, Tim ^a   Felser, Claudia ^b   Frauenheim, Thomas ^a   Chen, Changfeng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ENERGY GAP; QUANTUM THEORY; SLAB MILLS; TOPOLOGY;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; INTERLAYER DISTANCE; QUANTUM SPIN HALLS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84928388755     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.02.057     Document Type: Article

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