Probing relaxation times in graphene quantum dots

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Volk, Christian ^a,b   Neumann, Christoph ^a,b   Kazarski, Sebastian ^a   Fringes, Stefan ^a   Engels, Stephan ^a,b   Haupt, Federica ^a   Müller, André ^a,b   Stampfer, Christoph ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; QUANTUM DOT;

ASYMMETRY; ELECTRON; PROBE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CHARGE RELAXATION TIME; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; PULSED GATE TRANSIENT CURRENT SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84877724719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2738     Document Type: Article

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