Half-metallic graphene nanodots: A comprehensive first-principles theoretical study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Hod, Oded ^a   Barone, Verónica ^b   Scuseria, Gustavo E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38049131964     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.035411     Document Type: Article

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