Anisotropic Quantum Confinement Effect and Electric Control of Surface States in Dirac Semimetal Nanostructures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Xiao, Xianbo ^a   Yang, Shengyuan A ^b   Liu, Zhengfang ^c   Li, Huili ^a   Zhou, Guanghui ^d  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

^c EAST CHINA JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84942845080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07898     Document Type: Article

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