Evidence for formation of multi-quantum dots in hydrogenated graphene

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chuang, Chiashain ^a,b   Puddy, Reuben K ^a   Connolly, Malcolm R ^a   Lo, Shun Tsung ^b   Lin, Huang De ^b   Chen, Tse Ming ^c   Smith, Charles G ^a   Liang, Chi Te ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coulomb peaks; Multi quantum dots; Single layer graphene flake

Indexed keywords

COLOR SCALE; COULOMB PEAKS; DEFECT SITES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN PLASMA EXPOSURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS; MULTI-QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLE LAYER; THERMAL ANNEALING PROCESS;

COULOMB BLOCKADE; DEFECTS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GRAPHENE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84866129550     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-459     Document Type: Article

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