Electronic structure changes during the surface-assisted formation of a graphene nanoribbon

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bronner, Christopher ^a,b   Utecht, Manuel ^c   Haase, Anton ^b   Saalfrank, Peter ^c   Klamroth, Tillmann ^c   Tegeder, Petra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULAR PRECURSOR; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; THERMALLY ACTIVATED; TWO-PHOTON PHOTOEMISSION;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SURFACES;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84892613840     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4858855     Document Type: Article

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