Breaking time-reversal symmetry at the topological insulator surface by metal-organic coordination networks
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M. M. Otrokov,1,2,3 E. V. Chulkov,1,4,3 and A. Arnau1,4 1Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain 2Tomsk State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia 3Saint Petersburg State University, 198504 Saint Petersburg, Russia 4Departamento de Fı́sica de Materiales UPV/EHU, Centro de Fı́sica de Materiales CFM-MPC and Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20080 San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain (Received 5 June 2015; revised manuscript received 31 August 2015; published 12 October 2015)
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تاریخ انتشار 2015