Signature of the Dirac cone in the properties of linear oligoacenes

Richard Korytár; Dimitra Xenioti; Peter Schmitteckert; Mébarek Alouani; Ferdinand Evers

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Signature of the Dirac cone in the properties of linear oligoacenes

Richard Korytár Dimitra Xenioti Peter Schmitteckert Mébarek Alouani Ferdinand Evers

Nature Communications Vol. 5 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Richard Korytár, Dimitra Xenioti, Peter Schmitteckert, et al. (2014). Signature of the Dirac cone in the properties of linear oligoacenes. Nature Communications, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6000

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