Band gap of strained graphene nanoribbons

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-199

  Lu, Yang ^a   Guo, Jing ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gap; Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs); Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953651476     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-1022-4     Document Type: Article

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