Ballistic transport properties across nonuniform strain barriers in graphene

High Pressure Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-22

  Pellegrino, F M D ^a   Angilella, G G N ^a,b,c   Pucci, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

conductivity; graphene; uniaxial strain

Indexed keywords

NON-UNIFORM STRAIN; NONUNIFORM; SMOOTH BARRIERS; STRAIN PROFILES; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84861163350     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957959.2011.653686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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