Edge conduction in monolayer WTe 2

Nature Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 677-682

  Fei, Zaiyao ^a   Palomaki, Tauno ^a   Wu, Sanfeng ^a   Zhao, Wenjin ^a   Cai, Xinghan ^a   Sun, Bosong ^a   Nguyen, Paul ^a   Finney, Joseph ^a   Xu, Xiaodong ^a,b   Cobden, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOLAYERS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; SPIN HALL EFFECT; TEMPERATURE; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

ELASTIC BACKSCATTERING; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELDS; LINEAR RESPONSE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOSCOPIC FLUCTUATION; QUANTUM SPIN HALL EFFECT; ZERO MAGNETIC FIELDS; ZERO-BIAS ANOMALY;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85017267207     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys4091     Document Type: Article

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