Manipulating chiral transmission by gate geometry: Switching in graphene with transmission gaps

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 9808-9813

  Sajjad, Redwan N ^a   Ghosh, Avik W ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

chiral transmission; gate geometry; graphene; heterojunctions; Landauer limit; transmission gap

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE CHANNELS; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONIC SWITCHING; GATE GEOMETRY; LANDAUER; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SWITCHING ENERGY; TRANSMISSION GAPS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; SWITCHING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84888866618     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403336n     Document Type: Article

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