Electronic and transport properties of graphene nanoribbons

2007 7th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology - IEEE-NANO 2007, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 554-557

  Hou, Zhufeng ^a   Yee, Marcus ^a  

^a Atomistix Asia Pacific Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electronic transport; First principles; Graphene; Nanoribbon

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HYDROGEN; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONMETALS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BAND GAPS; BAND STRUCTURES; BIAS-VOLTAGE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE METHODS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; I-V CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NANORIBBON; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; NON-LINEAR BEHAVIORS; SEMICONDUCTING PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; VOLT AGE RANGE; ZIG-ZAG CHAINS;

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EID: 52949107268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2007.4601252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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