Visualization of charge transport through Landau levels in graphene

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 870-874

  Nazin, G ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Zhang, L ^c   Sutter, E ^a   Sutter, P ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; GRAPHENE; PHOTOCURRENTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT;

CONDUCTING CHANNELS; FILLING FACTOR; LOW DIMENSIONAL; MACROSCOPIC TRANSPORT; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; RECENT PROGRESS; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

GRAPHENE DEVICES;

EID: 78149280744     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1745     Document Type: Article

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