Quantum phase transitions and topological proximity effects in graphene nanoribbon heterostructures

Nanoscale

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3259-3267

  Zhang, Gufeng ^a,b,c   Li, Xiaoguang ^a,b,d   Wu, Guangfen ^a,d   Wang, Jie ^a   Culcer, Dimitrie ^a,e   Kaxiras, Efthimios ^f   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; GRAPHENE; NANORIBBONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TOPOLOGY;

ARMCHAIR GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; INTERFACE ORIENTATION; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

INTERFACE STATES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM THEORY;

GRAPHITE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84896875884     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3nr05284b     Document Type: Article

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