Straining topological insulators as a way to detect Majorana fermions

Mesaros, Andrej; Papanikolaou, Stefanos; Zaanen, Jan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.041409

Title: Straining topological insulators as a way to detect Majorana fermions

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Authors:: Mesaros, Andrej; Papanikolaou, Stefanos; Zaanen, Jan

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1100419

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review B

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 84; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Mesaros, Andrej, Papanikolaou, Stefanos, and Zaanen, Jan. Straining topological insulators as a way to detect Majorana fermions.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.041409.

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                    Mesaros, Andrej, Papanikolaou, Stefanos, & Zaanen, Jan. Straining topological insulators as a way to detect Majorana fermions.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.041409

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                    Mesaros, Andrej, Papanikolaou, Stefanos, and Zaanen, Jan. Thu .  
"Straining topological insulators as a way to detect Majorana fermions".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.041409.

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