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Nature Physics 4, 348 - 349 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphys955

Subject Category: Condensed-matter physics

Condensed matter: An insulator with a twist

Charles L. Kane1

  1. Charles L. Kane is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA.
    e-mail: kane@physics.upenn.edu


Experiment has now proved the existence of the predicted three-dimensional 'topological insulator' in the semiconducting alloy Bi1- xSbx.

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