Controlled formation of sharp zigzag and armchair edges in graphitic nanoribbons

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5922, 2009, Pages 1701-1705

  Jia, Xiaoting ^a   Hofmann, Mario ^b   Meunier, Vincent ^c   Sumpter, Bobby G ^c   Campos Delgado, Jessica ^d   Romo Herrera, José Manuel ^d   Son, Hyungbin ^b   Hsieh, Ya Ping ^b   Reina, Alfonso ^a   Kong, Jing ^b   Terrones, Mauricio ^d   Dresselhaus, Mildred S ^b,e  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITIC NANORIBBON; NANORIBBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANNEALING; CARBON; IRRADIATION; VAPORIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON RADIATION; HEATING; MOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 63449116426     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1166862     Document Type: Article

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