Quantum dot behavior in graphene nanoconstrictions

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 416-421

  Todd, Kathryn ^a,b   Chou, Hung Tao ^a,b   Amasha, Sami ^a,b   David, Goldhaber Gordon ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Physics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHARACTERISTICS; DOT SIZES; DOUBLE QUANTUM DOTS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MULTIPLE QUANTUM DOTS; NANOCONSTRICTIONS; NANORIBBON; NANORIBBONS; QUANTUM DOTS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; 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; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 60749124436     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl803291b     Document Type: Article

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