Composite fermions and broken symmetries in graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Amet, F ^a   Bestwick, A J ^a   Williams, J R ^a   Balicas, L ^b   Watanabe, K ^c   Taniguchi, T ^c   Goldhaber Gordon, D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SYMMETRY;

EXPECTATION; FERMION; MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 84937642145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6838     Document Type: Article

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