Electronic properties of epitaxial graphene

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4-8, 2010, Pages 383-402

  Berger, Claire ^a   Veuillen, Jean Yves ^a   Magaud, Laurence ^a   Mallet, Pierre ^a   Olevano, Valerio ^a   Orlita, M ^a   Plochocka, P ^a   Faugeras, C ^a   Martinez, G ^a   Potemski, Marek ^a   Naud, Cécile ^a   Lévy, Laurent P ^a   Mayou, Didier ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

Dirac electrons; Graphene; Graphite; Magneto optics; Quantum hall effect; Silicon carbide; STM; Weak localization

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHITE; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MULTILAYERS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; SILICON CARBIDE;

AB INITIO BAND STRUCTURE; DIRAC ELECTRONS; ELECTRONIC DECOUPLING; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE TREATMENTS; MULTILAYER GRAPHENE; OPTICAL EXPERIMENTS; WEAK LOCALIZATION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 77649127069     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2010.031726     Document Type: Article

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