Negative differential resistance behavior in phosphorus-doped armchair graphene nanoribbon junctions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Yuhong ^a   Zhang, Daoli ^a,b   Zhang, Jianbing ^a,b   Ye, Cong ^c   Miao, Xiangshui ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISPLAY DEVICES; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE;

ARMCHAIR GRAPHENE; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; PHOSPHORUS-DOPED;

PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84896601139     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4866094     Document Type: Article

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