A multichannel model for the self-consistent analysis of coherent transport in graphene nanoribbons

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 6109-6118

  Mencarelli, Davide ^a   Pierantoni, Luca ^a   Farina, Marco ^a   Di Donato, Andrea ^a   Rozzi, Tullio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

coherent transport; field effect transistor; graphene nanoribbon; scattering matrix; X ray cathode

Indexed keywords

3D POISSON EQUATION; BALANCE OF CARRIERS; BOUND CHARGE; CHARGE EMISSION; COHERENT TRANSPORTS; COLD CATHODES; DINGER EQUATION; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MODAL SPECTRUM; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-CHANNEL MODEL; MULTIPLE-BAND; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; SCATTERING MATRIX; SCATTERING MATRIX APPROACH; SELF-CONSISTENT ANALYSIS; SIMULATION EXAMPLE; STRONGLY NONLINEAR; UNIFIED MODEL; X-RAY CATHODE; X-RAY GENERATION;

CATHODES; COHERENT SCATTERING; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GRAPHENE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POISSON EQUATION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTRICITY; GRAPHITE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80052054419     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2011333     Document Type: Article

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