Nonequilibrium valley polarization in graphene nanoconstrictions

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1281-1289

  Rycerz, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; GATE VOLTAGES; GRAPHENE; MAGNETIC; NANOCONSTRICTIONS; NONEQUILIBRIUM; OUTPUT CURRENTS; POLARIZED CURRENTS; SUBLATTICE; ZIGZAG EDGES;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GALVANOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; HALL EFFECT; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; POINT CONTACTS; POLARIZATION; WAVE FILTERS;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 50049124294     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200778166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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