Electrically tuned magnetic order and magnetoresistance in a topological insulator

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Zuocheng ^a   Feng, Xiao ^a,b   Guo, Minghua ^a   Li, Kang ^b   Zhang, Jinsong ^a   Ou, Yunbo ^b   Feng, Yang ^a   Wang, Lili ^a,b,c   Chen, Xi ^a,c   He, Ke ^a,b,c   Ma, Xucun ^a,b,c   Xue, Qikun ^a,c   Wang, Yayu ^a,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FILM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PHYSICS;

EID: 84988299573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5915     Document Type: Article

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