Preserving the edge magnetism of zigzag graphene nanoribbons by ethylene termination: Insight by clar's rule

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Li, Yafei ^a   Zhou, Zhen ^b   Cabrera, Carlos R ^a   Chen, Zhongfang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84879634653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02030     Document Type: Article

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