Conductance of functionalized nanotubes, graphene and nanowires: From ab initio to mesoscopic physics

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 247, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 2962-2967

  Blase, X ^a,b   Adessi, C ^b   Biel, B ^c   Lopez Bezanilla, A ^d   Fernandez Serra M V ^b,e   Margine, E R ^b,f   Triozon, F ^d   Roche, S ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conductance; Doping; Graphene; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649700940     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201000135     Document Type: Article

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