Ultrathin epitaxial graphite: 2D electron gas properties and a route toward graphene-based nanoelectronics

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 108, Issue 52, 2004, Pages 19912-19916

  Berger, Claire ^a,b   Song, Zhimin ^a   Li, Tianbo ^a   Li, Xuebin ^a   Ogbazghi, Asmerom Y ^a   Feng, Rui ^a   Dai, Zhenting ^a   Alexei, N ^a   Conrad, Marchenkov Edward H ^a   First, Phillip N ^a   De Heer, Walt A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALL RESISTANCE; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOPATTERNED EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE (NPEG); TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS (2DEG);

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON GAS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GRAPHITE; HALL EFFECT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PYROLYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICON CARBIDE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 19944428003     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp040650f     Document Type: Article

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