Two-dimensional pnictogen honeycomb lattice: Structure, on-site spin-orbit coupling and spin polarization

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lee, Jason ^a   Tian, Wen Chuan ^a   Wang, Wei Liang ^a   Yao, Dao Xin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84934784034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11512     Document Type: Article

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