Formation of atomic carbon chains from graphene nanoribbons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Hobi Jr , Edwin ^a   Pontes, Renato B ^a   Fazzio, A ^a   Da Silva, Antônio J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

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EID: 77955764727     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.201406     Document Type: Article

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