Spin gapless semiconductor-metal-half-metal properties in nitrogen-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbons

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1952-1958

  Li, Yafei ^a   Zhou, Zhen ^a   Shen, Panwen ^a   Chen, Zhongfang ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electronic properties; Graphene; Magnetic properties; N doped graphene; Nanoelectronics

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; ATOM SUBSTITUTION; CARBON ATOMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; DIVACANCIES; ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; FORMATION ENERGIES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; GRAPHENES; HALF METALS; N-DOPED; N-DOPED GRAPHENE; N-DOPING; NITROGEN VACANCIES; NITROGEN-DOPED; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR METALS; SINGLE ATOMS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ATOMS; DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; METALS; NANOELECTRONICS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PYRIDINE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPIN DYNAMICS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 68649102372     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9003428     Document Type: Article

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