Epitaxial growth of two-dimensional stanene

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1020-1025

  Zhu, Feng Feng ^a   Chen, Wei Jiong ^a   Xu, Yong ^b,c,d   Gao, Chun Lei ^a,e   Guan, Dan Dan ^a,e   Liu, Can Hua ^a,e   Qian, Dong ^a,e   Zhang, Shou Cheng ^b,c,d   Jia, Jin Feng ^a,e  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

^e Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology of Microstructures   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GERMANIUM; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THERMOELECTRICITY; TIN; TOPOLOGY;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ANOMALOUS HALL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; MECHANICAL EXFOLIATION; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 84942373771     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4384     Document Type: Article

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