The influence of edge structure on the electronic properties of graphene quantum dots and nanoribbons

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Ritter, Kyle A ^a,b   Lyding, Joseph W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); INDUSTRY STANDARDS; LATERAL DIMENSION; LATTICE SYMMETRY; LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 60949104104     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2378     Document Type: Article

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