Electron transport modeling for junctions of zigzag and armchair graphene nanoribbons (GNRs)

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-499

  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

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; TRANSISTORS;

GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; INTERCONNECTIONS;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

EID: 43549122599     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2008.920278     Document Type: Article

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