Controllable band structure and topological phase transition in two-dimensional hydrogenated arsenene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Ya Ping ^a   Ji, Wei Xiao ^a   Zhang, Chang Wen ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Ren, Miao Juan ^a   Chen, Xin Lian ^a   Yuan, Min ^a   Wang, Pei Ji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGENATION; PHASE TRANSITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84957831489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20342     Document Type: Article

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