Modelling the role of size, edge structure and terminations on the electronic properties of graphene nano-flakes

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Barnard, Amanda S ^a   Snook, Ian K ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C ATOMS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; DIHYDRIDES; EDGE STRUCTURES; POSTSYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE , PROPERTIES; TIGHT BINDING;

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; PASSIVATION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 79960464351     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/19/5/054001     Document Type: Article

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