Electric control of topological phase transitions in Dirac semimetal thin films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pan, Hui ^a   Wu, Meimei ^a   Liu, Ying ^b   Yang, Shengyuan A ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

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EID: 84942891788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14639     Document Type: Article

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