Band structure and gaps of triangular graphene superlattices

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1932, 2010, Pages 5391-5402

  Guinea, F ^a   Low, Tony ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic states; Graphene; Superlattices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STATES; GRAPHENE;

BRILLOUIN ZONES; COMMENSURATE FILLING; DIRAC POINT; GRAPHENES; HIGH-SYMMETRY POINTS; LONG WAVELENGTH; MAGNETIC SUPERLATTICES;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 78650157232     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0214     Document Type: Review

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