Zigzag graphene nanoribbons with saturated edges

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 516-522

  Kudin, Konstantin N ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gaps; Band structure; Density functional theory calculation; Raman intensities; Spin polarized electronic state; Vibrational frequencies; Zigzag graphene nanoribbon

Indexed keywords

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHITE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 45149118399     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700229v     Document Type: Article

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