States modulation in graphene nanoribbons through metal contacts

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5414-5420

  Archambault, Chloé ^a   Rochefort, Alain ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

charge transfer; density functional theory; electronic structure; graphene nanoribbons; metal contacts; metal induced gap states

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; METAL CONTACTS; METAL-INDUCED GAP STATE; MINIMAL LENGTHS; PENETRATION LENGTH; PHYSISORBED STATE; STATE MIXING; TRANSPORT CHANNEL;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; PALLADIUM;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84879614404     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401357p     Document Type: Article

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