Semiconducting graphene nanostrips with edge disorder

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Gunlycke, D ^a   Areshkin, D A ^b   White, C T ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ENERGY GAP;

EDGE DISORDERS; NANOSTRIP ASPECT RATIOS; SEMICONDUCTING GRAPHENE NANOSTRIPS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 34047268918     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2718515     Document Type: Article

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