Formation of graphene p-n superlattices on Pb quantum wedged islands

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3707-3713

  Zhu, Wenguang ^a,b   Chen, Hua ^a,b   Bevan, Kirk H ^b,c   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene p n superlattice; Graphene metal contact; Quantum size effects

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; DIRAC POINT; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FLAT-TOP; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; MONOLAYER THICKNESS; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SI (1 1 1); SURFACE NORMAL DIRECTIONS;

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERMI LEVEL; LEAD; MONOLAYERS; SUPERLATTICES; WORK FUNCTION;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHITE; LEAD; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80051523619     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200052f     Document Type: Article

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