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Oscillations in the ribbons

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The observation of Aharonov–Bohm oscillations in nanoribbons of Bi2Se3 opens the way for electronic transport experiments in nanoscale three-dimensional topological insulators.

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Figure 1: Aharonov–Bohm oscillations.
Figure 2: The similarity between different experiments on tube-like geometries.

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