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Employing flux-grown single crystal WSe$_2$, we report charge carrier scattering behaviors measured in $h$-BN encapsulated monolayer field effect transistors. We perform quantum transport measurements across various hole densities and…
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Quantum materials hosting Weyl fermions have opened a new era of research in condensed matter physics. First proposed in 1929 in particle physics, Weyl fermions have yet to be observed as elementary particles. In 2015, Weyl fermions were…
Weyl semimetals possess low energy excitations which act as monopoles of Berry curvature in momentum space. These emergent monopoles are at the heart of the extensive novel transport properties that Weyl semimetals exhibit. The singular…
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