Electron scattering on microscopic corrugations in graphene

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1863, 2008, Pages 195-204

  Katsnelson, M I ^a   Geim, A K ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Graphene; Scattering mechanisms; Two dimensional crystals

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; IMPURITIES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GRAPHENE; MICROSCOPIC CORRUGATIONS;

ELECTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 40749102633     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2157     Document Type: Article

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