Fractional Topological Phases and Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry in Strained Graphene

Ghaemi, Pouyan; Cayssol, Jérôme; Sheng, D. N.; Vishwanath, Ashvin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.266801

Title: Fractional Topological Phases and Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry in Strained Graphene

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Authors:: Ghaemi, Pouyan; Cayssol, Jérôme; Sheng, D. N.; Vishwanath, Ashvin

Publication Date:: Tue Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2012

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1103653

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 108; Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Ghaemi, Pouyan, Cayssol, Jérôme, Sheng, D. N., and Vishwanath, Ashvin. Fractional Topological Phases and Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry in Strained Graphene.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
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                    Ghaemi, Pouyan, Cayssol, Jérôme, Sheng, D. N., & Vishwanath, Ashvin. Fractional Topological Phases and Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry in Strained Graphene.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.266801

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                    Ghaemi, Pouyan, Cayssol, Jérôme, Sheng, D. N., and Vishwanath, Ashvin. Tue .  
"Fractional Topological Phases and Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry in Strained Graphene".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.266801.

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