Electroluminescence from graphene excited by electron tunneling

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Beams, Ryan ^a   Bharadwaj, Palash ^b   Novotny, Lukas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

electroluminescence; electron tunneling; graphene; photoemission; scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

HOT LUMINESCENCE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM; SINGLE LAYER;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRONS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOEMISSION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 84892142282     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/5/055206     Document Type: Article

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