Molecular-scale bio-sensing using armchair graphene

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chowdhury, R ^a   Scarpa, F ^b   Adhikari, S ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE MOLECULES; ARMCHAIR GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; BIO-DEVICES; BIOSENSING; BORON AND NITROGEN DOPING; CONSTANT VOLTAGE; CURRENT FLOWS; DENSITY OF STATE; NON EQUILIBRIUM; TIGHT-BINDING HAMILTONIANS;

ANTHRACENE; BIOSENSORS; GRAPHENE; HAMILTONIANS; MOLECULES; NITRIDES;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84864151061     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4733689     Document Type: Article

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