Patterns of the Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in graphene nanorings

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Romanovsky, Igor ^a   Yannouleas, Constantine ^a   Landman, Uzi ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84860247158     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.165434     Document Type: Article

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