Band gap engineering via edge-functionalization of graphene nanoribbons

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 26790-26796

  Wagner, Philipp ^a   Ewels, Christopher P ^a   Adjizian, Jean Joseph ^a   Magaud, Laurence ^b   Pochet, Pascal ^c   Roche, Stephan ^d,e   Lopez Bezanilla, Alejandro ^f   Ivanovskaya, Viktoria V ^g   Yaya, Abu ^h   Rayson, Mark ⁱ   Briddon, Patrick ^a,j   Humbert, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^j NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; EDGE STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE; EXCHANGE-CORRELATION FUNCTIONALS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; STABLE CONFIGURATION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHENE;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84890813682     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408695c     Document Type: Article

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