The rare two-dimensional materials with Dirac cones

National Science Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-39

  Wang, Jinying ^a   Deng, Shibin ^a   Liu, Zhongfan ^a   Liu, Zhirong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dirac cone; Dirac materials; Graphene; Graphyne; Silicene; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938693061     PISSN: 20955138     EISSN: 2053714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwu080     Document Type: Review

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