A novel choice of the graphene unit vectors, useful in zone-folding computations

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1018-1024

  Marconcini, P ^a   Macucci, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; VECTORS;

BRILLOUIN ZONE; ENERGY MAXIMA; GRAPHENE; RECIPROCAL SPACE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 34047165487     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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