Electronic structures, field effect transistor and bipolar field-effect spin filtering behaviors of functionalized hexagonal graphene nanoflakes

Carbon

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-150

  Li, J ^a   Zhang, Z H ^a   Wang, D ^a   Zhu, Z ^a   Fan, Z Q ^a   Tang, G P ^a   Deng, X Q ^a  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMCHAIR GRAPHENE; EDGE MODIFICATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HEXAGONAL DEFECT; METALLIC PROPERTIES; SPIN DIRECTION; SPIN MAGNETISM; SUBTHRESHOLD SWING;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84892809184     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.11.076     Document Type: Article

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