All-carbon sp-sp2 hybrid structures: Geometrical properties, current rectification, and current amplification

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Zhenhua ^a   Zhang, Junjun ^a   Kwong, Gordon ^b   Li, Ji ^a   Fan, Zhiqiang ^a   Deng, Xiaoqing ^a   Tang, Guiping ^a  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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EID: 84883762781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02575     Document Type: Article

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