Bandgap opening in graphene induced by patterned hydrogen adsorption

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-319

  Balog, Richard ^a   Jørgensen, Bjarke ^a   Nilsson, Louis ^a   Andersen, Mie ^a   Rienks, Emile ^a   Bianchi, Marco ^b   Fanetti, Mattia ^c   Lægsgaard, Erik ^a   Baraldi, Alessandro ^b,c   Lizzit, Silvano ^d   Sljivancanin, Zeljko ^e   Besenbacher, Flemming ^a   Hammer, Bjørk ^a   Pedersen, Thomas G ^f   Hofmann, Philip ^a   Hornekær, Liv ^f  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^d SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; ENERGY GAP; GAS ADSORPTION; IRIDIUM; LATTICE THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

CIRCUIT FABRICATION; ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GRAPHENE LATTICES; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; MASSLESS DIRAC FERMIONS; PERIODIC MODULATION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 77949958392     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2710     Document Type: Article

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