Fe-doped armchair Graphene Nanoribbons for Spintronic/interconnect applications

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 685-691

  Jaiswal, Neeraj K ^a   Srivastava, Pankaj ^a  

^a ABV INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

I V characteristics; magnetic moment; nanoribbon; spintronic

Indexed keywords

ARMCHAIR GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; IV CHARACTERISTICS; NANORIBBON; PROJECTED DENSITY OF STATE; SPINTRONIC; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; IMPURITIES; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; STABILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84883747215     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2013.2268899     Document Type: Article

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