Forming electronic waveguides from graphene grain boundaries

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Márk, Géza I ^a,d   Vancsó, Péter ^a,d   Lambin, Philippe ^b   Hwang, Chanyong ^c,d   Biró, László Péter ^a,d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^d Korean Hungarian Joint Laboratory for Nanosciences   (Hungary)

Author keywords

quantum electronics; simulations; waveguides

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTRON WAVE PACKET DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC WAVEGUIDES; EXTENDED DEFECT; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHENE RIBBONS; NANOSCALE ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; SIMULATIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84883600131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.061718     Document Type: Article

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