Edge effects in graphene nanostructures: From multiple reflection expansion to density of states

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Wurm, Jürgen ^a   Richter, Klaus ^a   Adagideli, Inanç ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 80052418697     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.075468     Document Type: Article

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