Electronic transport in polycrystalline graphene

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 806-809

  Yazyev, Oleg V ^a,b   Louie, Steven G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CHARGE CARRIERS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

CARRIER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; FIRST-PRINCIPLES QUANTUM TRANSPORTS; GRAIN BOUNDARY STRUCTURE; MACROSCOPIC QUANTITIES; MOMENTUM CONSERVATIONS; PERIODIC GRAIN BOUNDARIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 77957118054     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2830     Document Type: Article

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