High-frequency, scaled graphene transistors on diamond-like carbon

Nature

Volumn 472, Issue 7341, 2011, Pages 74-78

  Wu, Yanqing ^a   Lin, Yu Ming ^a   Bol, Ageeth A ^a   Jenkins, Keith A ^a   Xia, Fengnian ^a   Farmer, Damon B ^a   Zhu, Yu ^a   Avouris, Phaedon ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COPPER; GRAPHENE;

CARBON; COMMERCIALIZATION; COPPER; DIAMOND; MOBILITY; SATURATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 79953758358     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09979     Document Type: Article

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