Ferroelectric switching of a two-dimensional metal
10.1038/s41586-018-0336-3
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Fei, Z., Zhao, W., Palomaki, T. A., Sun, B., Miller, M. K., Zhao, Z., Yan, J., Xu, X., & Cobden, D. H. (2018). Ferroelectric switching of a two-dimensional metal. Nature, 560(7718), 336–339.

Authors 9
  1. Zaiyao Fei (first)
  2. Wenjin Zhao (additional)
  3. Tauno A. Palomaki (additional)
  4. Bosong Sun (additional)
  5. Moira K. Miller (additional)
  6. Zhiying Zhao (additional)
  7. Jiaqiang Yan (additional)
  8. Xiaodong Xu (additional)
  9. David H. Cobden (additional)
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