Tunable band structures of polycrystalline graphene by external and mismatch strains

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1539-1544

  Wu, Jiang Tao ^a   Shi, Xing Hua ^a   Wei, Yu Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Band gap; Defects; Grain boundary; Graphene; Strain

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DEFECTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; STRAIN;

BIAXIAL STRAINS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; EXTERNAL STRAINS; IMPOSED STRAINS; MIS-ORIENTATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE; TUNABLE BAND STRUCTURES; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84870750169     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: 16143116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-012-0164-x     Document Type: Article

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