Graphene signal mixer for sensing applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 12128-12134

  Rangel, Norma L ^a,b   Gimenez, Alejandro ^a   Sinitskii, Alexander ^c   Seminario, Jorge M ^a,b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS POTENTIAL; CURRENT FLUCTUATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; FREQUENCY DIFFERENCES; FRONTIER ORBITALS; GRAPHENE DEVICES; GRAPHENE LAYERS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INPUT FREQUENCY; INPUT SIGNAL; INTRINSIC BEHAVIOR; ORBITALS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SENSING APPLICATIONS; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; THIRD-ORDER; THREE-LAYER; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PLASMONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 79959198136     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp202790b     Document Type: Article

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