Gate-induced enhancement of spin-orbit coupling in dilute fluorinated graphene

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 19, 2015, Pages

  Guzman Arellano R M ^a,b   Hernandez Nieves A D ^a,b   Balseiro, C A ^a,b   Usaj, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

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EID: 84929587562     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.195408     Document Type: Article

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