Impact excitation and electron-hole multiplication in graphene and carbon nanotubes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1348-1357

  Gabor, Nathaniel M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84879210694     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300189j     Document Type: Review

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