Suppression of electron-vibron coupling in graphene nanoribbons contacted via a single atom

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Van Der Lit, Joost ^a   Boneschanscher, Mark P ^a   Vanmaekelbergh, Daniël ^a   Ijäs, Mari ^a   Uppstu, Andreas ^b   Ervasti, Mikko ^b   Harju, Ari ^b   Liljeroth, Peter ^b   Swart, Ingmar ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; LEAD; NANOMATERIAL; NANORIBBON;

CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LEAD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; ELECTRON; NANOANALYSIS; PHYSICS; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 84879627381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3023     Document Type: Article

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