Conductance modeling for graphene nanoribbon (GNR) interconnects

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 428-431

  Naeemi, Azad ^a   Meindl, James D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Interconnections; Modeling; Molecular electronics; Quantum wires

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHIRALITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON SCATTERING; FERMI LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; UNITY ASPECT RATIO;

INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS;

EID: 34247647567     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2007.895452     Document Type: Article

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