Ballistic geometric resistance resonances in a single surface of a topological insulator

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Ballistic geometric resistance resonances in a single surface of a topological insulator. / Maier, Hubert; Ziegler, Johannes; Fischer, Ralf et al.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2023, 08.12.2017.

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Maier, H, Ziegler, J, Fischer, R, Kozlov, D, Kvon, ZD, Mikhailov, N, Dvoretsky, SA & Weiss, D 2017, 'Ballistic geometric resistance resonances in a single surface of a topological insulator', Nature Communications, vol. 8, no. 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01684-0

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Maier, H., Ziegler, J., Fischer, R., Kozlov, D., Kvon, Z. D., Mikhailov, N., Dvoretsky, S. A., & Weiss, D. (2017). Ballistic geometric resistance resonances in a single surface of a topological insulator. Nature Communications, 8(1), [2023]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01684-0

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Maier H, Ziegler J, Fischer R, Kozlov D, Kvon ZD, Mikhailov N et al. Ballistic geometric resistance resonances in a single surface of a topological insulator. Nature Communications. 2017 Dec 8;8(1):2023. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01684-0

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Maier, Hubert ; Ziegler, Johannes ; Fischer, Ralf et al. / Ballistic geometric resistance resonances in a single surface of a topological insulator. In: Nature Communications. 2017 ; Vol. 8, No. 1.

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