Enhanced performance and Fermi-level estimation of coronene-derived graphene transistors on self-assembled monolayer modified substrates in large areas

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4800-4807

  Wan, Xi ^a   Chen, Kun ^a   Du, Jun ^a   Liu, Danqing ^a   Chen, Jian ^b   Lai, Xi ^c   Xie, Weiguang ^c   Xu, Jianbin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-BASED NANOELECTRONICS; FACILE FABRICATION; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GRAPHENE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (GFETS); GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIOR; LARGE-AREA GRAPHENE; OCTADECYLTRIMETHOXYSILANE;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84874818706     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp309549z     Document Type: Article

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