Tuning magnetotransport in a compensated semimetal at the atomic scale

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Lin ^a   Gutiérrez Lezama, Ignacio ^a   Barreteau, Céline ^a   Ubrig, Nicolas ^a   Giannini, Enrico ^a   Morpurgo, Alberto F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

TRANSITION ELEMENT;

CHEMICAL ELEMENT; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; INSULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ELECTRONICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOTRANSPORT; OSCILLATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; THICKNESS;

EID: 84947936603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9892     Document Type: Article

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