Bandgap opening by patterning graphene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dvorak, Marc ^a   Oswald, William ^a   Wu, Zhigang ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 84881324655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02289     Document Type: Article

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