Quantum spin Hall phase in 2D trigonal lattice

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Z F ^a,b   Jin, Kyung Hwan ^b   Liu, Feng ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LATTICE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BINDING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; ORBIT; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84986877630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12746     Document Type: Article

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