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Title: Prediction of an arc-tunable Weyl Fermion metallic state in MoxW1-xTe2

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10639· OSTI ID:1259283
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  1. National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
  2. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept.of Physics
  3. National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
  4. National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States)
  5. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept.of Physics; Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  6. Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States)
  7. National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan); Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan)
  8. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept.of Physics; Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Singapore National Science Foundation
Grant/Contract Number:
FG-02- 05ER46200; NRF-NRFF2013-03; FG02-07ER46352; AC02-05CH11231; GBMF4547; AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1259283
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1409766
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-22173; ncomms10639
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 214 works
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