Observation of a topological crystalline insulator phase and topological phase transition in Pb1−xSnxTe
10.1038/ncomms2191
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Xu, S.-Y., Liu, C., Alidoust, N., Neupane, M., Qian, D., Belopolski, I., Denlinger, J. D., Wang, Y. J., Lin, H., Wray, L. A., Landolt, G., Slomski, B., Dil, J. H., Marcinkova, A., Morosan, E., Gibson, Q., Sankar, R., Chou, F. C., Cava, R. J., … Hasan, M. Z. (2012). Observation of a topological crystalline insulator phase and topological phase transition in Pb1−xSnxTe. Nature Communications, 3(1).

Authors 21
  1. Su-Yang Xu (first)
  2. Chang Liu (additional)
  3. N. Alidoust (additional)
  4. M. Neupane (additional)
  5. D. Qian (additional)
  6. I. Belopolski (additional)
  7. J.D. Denlinger (additional)
  8. Y.J. Wang (additional)
  9. H. Lin (additional)
  10. L.A. Wray (additional)
  11. G. Landolt (additional)
  12. B. Slomski (additional)
  13. J.H. Dil (additional)
  14. A. Marcinkova (additional)
  15. E. Morosan (additional)
  16. Q. Gibson (additional)
  17. R. Sankar (additional)
  18. F.C. Chou (additional)
  19. R.J. Cava (additional)
  20. A. Bansil (additional)
  21. M.Z. Hasan (additional)
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