Electronic structure and quantum transport properties of trilayers formed from graphene and boron nitride

Nanoscale

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 5490-5498

  Zhong, Xiaoliang ^a   Amorim, Rodrigo G ^a   Scheicher, Ralph H ^b   Pandey, Ravindra ^a   Karna, Shashi P ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BIAS FIELD; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; GOLD ELECTRODES; GROUND STATE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NON EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION METHOD; P-TYPE CONDUCTION; QUANTUM TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; STACKINGS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRILAYERS; ZERO FIELDS;

GRAPHENE;

BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON NITRIDE; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BORON COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84865167621     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2nr31310c     Document Type: Article

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