Negative differential resistance in zigzag-edge graphene nanoribbon junctions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nam Do, V ^a   Dollfus, P ^b  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; NANORIBBONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS;

COHERENT TRANSITION; FIELD EFFECTS; GATE ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; PEAK TO VALLEY CURRENT RATIO; QUANTUM SIMULATIONS; ZIGZAG LINES;

NEGATIVE RESISTANCE;

EID: 77950591040     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3340834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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