Functionalized Thallium Antimony Films as Excellent Candidates for Large-Gap Quantum Spin Hall Insulator

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Run Wu ^a   Zhang, Chang Wen ^a   Ji, Wei Xiao ^a   Li, Sheng Shi ^b   Yan, Shi Shen ^b   Li, Ping ^a   Wang, Pei Ji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84958817536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21351     Document Type: Article

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