Electronic properties of a metallic nanoparticle coupled to a graphene nanoribbon: A single-electron field effect transistor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Mizuno, M ^a   Kim, Eugene H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHARGE SENSING; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANORIBBON; SINGLE ELECTRONS; SINGLE-ELECTRON LEVELS; TERAHERTZ PHOTONICS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 61349139886     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3089819     Document Type: Article

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