Unimpeded tunneling in graphene nanoribbons

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Roslyak, O ^a   Iurov, A ^a   Gumbs, Godfrey ^a,b   Huang, Danhong ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN ZONES; CARBON ATOMS; DIRAC EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; KLEIN PARADOX; LATTICE SITES; NANORIBBONS; PARITY OPERATORS; SUB-LATTICES; TIGHT BINDING MODEL;

BINDING SITES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GRAPHITE; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WAVE TRANSMISSION; WIND TUNNELS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 77950820625     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/16/165301     Document Type: Article

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