Valley filter and valley valve in graphene

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 172-175

  Rycerz, A ^a,b   Tworzydlo J ^c   Beenakker, C W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTROSPINNING; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; POINT CONTACTS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

CONTACT REGIONS; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; INTERVALLEY SCATTERING; QUANTUM COMPUTING; SILICON-BASED ELECTRONICS; TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRIES; ZERO MAGNETIC FIELDS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 33847406202     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys547     Document Type: Article

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