Structures and electronic properties of symmetric and nonsymmetric graphene grain boundaries

Carbon

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-159

  Zhang, Junfeng ^a,b   Zhao, Jijun ^b  

^a SHANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECT LINES; DENSITY OF STATE; FORMATION ENERGIES; MISORIENTATION ANGLE; NONSYMMETRIC; PERIODIC LENGTHS; RE-HYBRIDIZATION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 84873413941     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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