Structural and electronic properties of graphene nanoflakes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Kuc, A ^a   Heine, T ^a   Seifert, G ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 77954915662     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.085430     Document Type: Article

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