Electronic, structural, and transport properties of Ni-doped graphene nanoribbons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Rigo, V A ^a,b   Martins, T B ^a   Da Silva, Antonio J R ^a   Fazzio, A ^a,c   Miwa, R H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 62549143590     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.075435     Document Type: Article

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