Enhanced thermoelectric properties in hybrid graphene/boron nitride nanoribbons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Kaike ^a,b   Chen, Yuanping ^a   D'Agosta, Roberto ^b,c   Xie, Yuee ^a   Zhong, Jianxin ^a   Rubio, Angel ^b  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

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EID: 84864590316     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.045425     Document Type: Article

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