Conductance of Graphene Nanoribbon Junctions and the Tight Binding Model

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Wu, Y ^a   Childs, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Band structure; Conductance; Graphene nanoribbon junction; Tight binding

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS; NANORIBBONS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; GRAPHENE; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

CARBON-BASED ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; NEAREST NEIGHBOUR; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION FORMALISM; TIGHT BINDING; TIGHT BINDING MODEL; ENERGY BAND STRUCTURE; NEAREST-NEIGHBOUR;

GRAPHENE; BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 79952701031     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9791-y     Document Type: Article

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